Tek Sapkota

About

Tek Sapkota is Principal Scientist at CIMMYT, where he leads the Climate Change Science Unit. He is particularly involved in cutting-edge research to accelerate adaptation & low-emission actions across food, land, and water systems. These efforts aim to sustainably nourish a growing global population while enhancing food, nutrition, and water security as well as livelihoods of small-scale producers.
He served in IPCC as Lead author as well as Review editor in the past and currently working as coordinating lead author for Global Environmental Outlook (GEO7) of UNEP and Lead Author of IPCC AR7. He holds PhD in Agriculture, Environment & Landscape from Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Italy.

Employment

• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Agricultural System/Climate Change Scientist
  2012 - Present

Education

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Publications (55)

• The Nitrogen Nutrition Index and nitrous oxide emissions: a probabilistic framework for monitoring agricultural emissions risk
  Cleaner Food Systems 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.clfs.2026.100052
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• Transforming the global food system for environmental sustainability and food security
  Sustainable Earth Reviews 2026 DOI: 10.1186/s42055-026-00131-7
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• Diverse trajectories of global fertilizer use in the post-Green Revolution period
  Environmental Research Letters 2026 DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae9493
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• Evaluating the potential and eligibility of conservation agriculture practices for carbon credits
  A G Adeeth Cariappa, Noufa Cheerakkollil Konath, Tek B. Sapkota +1 more
  Scientific Reports 2024 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-59262-6
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• Spatially differentiated nitrogen supply is key in a global food–fertilizer price crisis
  Sieglinde S. Snapp, Tek B. Sapkota, Jordan Chamberlin +12 more
  Nature Sustainability 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41893-023-01166-w
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• Gender and climate change adaptation: A case of Ethiopian farmers
  Natural Resources Forum 2022 DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.12259
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• Seasonal patterns in rice and wheat residue burning and surface PM2.5 concentration in northern India
  Atmospheric Environment: X 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.aeaoa.2022.100154
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• Effect of Climate-Smart Agriculture Practices on Climate Change Adaptation, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Economic Efficiency of Rice-Wheat System in India
  Suresh K. Kakraliya, H.S. Jat, Tek B. Sapkota +5 more
  Agriculture 2021 DOI: 10.3390/agriculture11121269
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• Financing climate change mitigation in agriculture: assessment of investment cases
  Environmental Research Letters 2021 DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac3605
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• Precision Nutrient Rates and Placement in Conservation Maize-Wheat System: Effects on Crop Productivity, Profitability, Nutrient-Use Efficiency, and Environmental Footprints
  Raj Kumar Jat, Deepak Bijarniya, Suresh K. Kakraliya +3 more
  Agronomy 2021 DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11112320
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• Factors affecting farmers’ use of organic and inorganic fertilizers in South Asia
  Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2021 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13975-7
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• Quantifying opportunities for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation using big data from smallholder crop and livestock farmers across Bangladesh
  Science of The Total Environment 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147344
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• Model comparison and quantification of nitrous oxide emission and mitigation potential from maize and wheat fields at a global scale
  Science of The Total Environment 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146696
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• Meta‐analysis of yield and nitrous oxide outcomes for nitrogen management in agriculture
  Global Change Biology 2021 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15588
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• Climate risks and adaptation strategies of farmers in East Africa and South Asia
  Scientific Reports 2021 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89391-1
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• Crop nutrient management using Nutrient Expert improves yield, increases farmers’ income and reduces greenhouse gas emissions
  Tek B. Sapkota, Mangi Lal Jat, Dharamvir Singh Rana +13 more
  Scientific Reports 2021 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79883-x
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• Identifying optimum rates of fertilizer nitrogen application to maximize economic return and minimize nitrous oxide emission from rice–wheat systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India
  Tek B. Sapkota, Love Kumar Singh, Arvind K. Yadav +5 more
  Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 2020 DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2019.1708332
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• Adoption and economic impacts of laser land leveling in the irrigated rice‐wheat system in Haryana, India using endogenous switching regression
  Natural Resources Forum 2020 DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.12197
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• Climate change and agriculture in South Asia: adaptation options in smallholder production systems
  Environment, Development and Sustainability 2020 DOI: 10.1007/s10668-019-00414-4
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• Does women’s participation in agricultural technology adoption decisions affect the adoption of climate‐smart agriculture? Insights from Indo‐Gangetic Plains of India
  Review of Development Economics 2020 DOI: 10.1111/rode.12670
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