The harvest being offloaded at the farmer's house. A standard combine harvester was used on farmer B Rameswar Reddy's farm. At the farmer's home. Dr Y Padmalatha, Associate Director of Research (ic), RARS Nandyal, with her team of scientists and ICRISAT staff. Farmer B Rameswar Reddy (right) with his father (center). Farmer Rameswar Reddy discusses the yield of NBeG 47 with Dr PM Gaur, Principal Scientist (Chickpea Breeding) &. Assistant Research Program Director – Grain Legumes. ICRISAT ICRISAT scientists DR PM Gaur and S Samineni monitor demo plots at RARS, Nandyal. Dr V Jayalakshmi, who develeoped machine-harvestable chickpea cultivar NBeG 47 is seen. In the drylands of Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India, chickpea farming is fast expanding. Machine harvesting is highly efficient and  saves on time and cost. Machine harvesting of NBeG 47 on farmer B Rameswar Reddy's father's farm RAR scientists and farmer Rameswar Reddy along with local leaders, farmers from neighboring villages and the media. Scientists from RARS Nandyal and ICRISAT evaluate the harvested chickpea The chickpea harvest is offloaded from the machine into tractors.