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Dr.  P. Adhiguru

 

Dr P Adhiguru is Senior Scientist and Member Secretary/ Convenor of Institutional Change theme area and Pro-poor institutional change program area at NCAP. Also, he is member of Technology Policy theme area and Impact of improved technologies program area at NCAP. He has a PhD from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He is implementing a research project on “Innovations in Linking Research-Extension-Farmers-Markets”. He is associated with projects on “Impacts of Improved Technologies and “Impact of technologies on Gender Empowerment”. He has coordinated ICAR-NCAP-IFPRI project on, “Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators-A Survey for India”. It is a part of multi-country ASTI initiative of IFPRI, Washington, USA. His other projects include “Geometry of Information Flow in Agriculture”, “Innovative Institutions for Agricultural Technology Dissemination: Role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)”, “Agricultural-based Interventions for Sustainable Nutritional Security". He was involved in “Impact Assessment on Sustainable Rainfed project” sponsored by World Bank and also in “Scope of Privatizing Farm extension”.

 He was recipient of Young Scientist Award of Indian Society of Extension Education for the year 2008. He had participated in an International training programs on “Agricultural extension and training methodology” sponsored by Japan International Co-operation Agency at Indonesia, “Search conference and scenario building as a tool in Technology Assessment /Need Assessment methodology” organized by European Union and “Need/Technology Assessment study on Transfer of Golden rice Technology to India” sponsored by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Switzerland at Centre for Biotechnology Assessment and Sustainability(BATS), Switzerland under Indo-Swiss program. He has organized a National Seminar on Current Agrarian Issues: Response of Agricultural Information System which was sponsored by International Extension Forum. He is the member secretary for Publication Committee and member of Official language committee, Purchase Committee of NCAP.

 


List of  Publications

 

  1. Adhiguru, P., S.Pal and P.K.Joshi, 2008. Agricultural research and technology transfer to farmers, University News, 46(05):65-74.

  2. Nienke Beintema, P Adhiguru and P S Birthal, 2007 Public Agricultural R&D Investments: India in a Global Context,  Policy Brief 27 ,NCAP.

  3. Adhiguru, P and Mruthyunjaya, 2004. Institutional Innovations for using Information and Communication Technology in Agriculture, Policy Brief 18, NCAP, New Delhi.

  4. Mruthyunjaya and P.Adhiguru, 2005. ICT for Livelihood Security: A Reality Check, Mainstreaming ICTs, 2(2):-- March-April, 2005, OneWorld South Asia, New Delhi. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/113295/1/1089

  5. Birthal,P.S, and Adhiguru,P 2002. Integrated pest management in India: problems and prospects, Journal of Rural Development,35(1):79-90.

  6. Adhiguru,P and C.Ramasamy,.2002. Agricultural-based Interventions for Sustainable Nutritional Security, Policy Paper-17, NCAP, New Delhi.
     

Invited Papers

 

  1. Adhiguru, P.2008. Strengthening research and extension linkages in agriculture. In: National seminar on innovative extension strategies for agricultural development and rural prosperity, organized by Indian Society of Extension Education at Rajendra Agricultural University, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, 18-20 December 2008

  2. Adhiguru, P. 2008. Institutional synergies for strengthening ICT-based agricultural Information System, National Seminar on Current Agrarian Issues: Response of Agricultural Information System, Organized by International Extension Forum, TNAU, Coimbatore, at NCAP, New Delhi, December 5-6, 2008.

  3. Adhiguru, P. 2008. Public-Private partnership for promoting ICT in agriculture and rural areas, In: Proceedings of National Seminar, on Information Technology in Agriculture and Rural Development, Birsa, Agricultural University, Ranchi. pp 70-88. (Lead paper).

  4. Adhiguru, P. 2006. Research and Extension Linkages in Indian Agriculture-Country paper, In:  Proceedings of Regional Workshop on Research-Extension Linkages for Effective Delivery of Agricultural Technologies in SAARC Countries. SAIC, Dhaka, Bangladesh and NAARM, Hyderabad, India.pp76-82.

Book/ Chapter in Book

  1. Adhiguru, P,2009. Public-Private Partnership for ICT mediated Agricultural Extension, In: Chandre Gowda, MJ, P Chandrasekara and P Adhiguru, 2009. Technical Papers of National Seminar on Agriculture Extension, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, pp 72-76.

  2. Chandre Gowda, M J., P Chandra Sekhara and P Adhiguru, P (Eds.)2009 Technical Papers, National Seminar on Agriculture Extension, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India.

  3. Adhiguru, P., and P.K.Joshi. 2006. ICT in Agriculture: Learning Lessons for Upscaling, In: Ninomiya, S and V.C. Patil (Eds.,), Information Technology in Agriculture. AFITA 2006.The Fifth Conference of the Asian Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture. Published by Macmillan India Ltd., pp745-747.

  4. Rajni Jain, S.Minz and P.Adhiguru. 2006. Rough Set-based Decision Tree for Identifying Vulnerable and Food Insecure Households, In: Ninomiya, S and V.C. Patil (Eds.,), Information Technology in Agriculture. AFITA 2006.The Fifth Conference of the Asian Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture. Published by Macmillan India Ltd., pp 669-676.

  5. Adhiguru,P and Vimala Devi, 2004. Strengthening Economic and Nutritional Security: Role of Vegetables”, In. Sant Kumar, P.K.Joshi and Suresh Pal, Impact of Vegetable Research in India, Proceedings 13,  NCAP, New Delhi, pp 191-201.