cheppudira kushalappa

About

I am a former Dean of College of Forestry, Ponnampet in South India with 35 years experience in teaching , research and outreach activities in forestry. Currently I am leading a farmers producer company as director sustainability to help farmers maintain the diverse agroforestry systems of Western Ghats of India a biodiversity hot spot. I am also part of International Model Forest Network as a member of Kodagu Model Forest Trust a public private partnership. I cultivate coffee and other plantation products on my certified organic farm

Employment

• College of Forestry Former Dean
  1998 - 2023

Education

• University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore Phd
  1995 - 1998

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (4)

• A Landscape Approach to Biodiversity Conservation of Sacred Groves in the Western Ghats of India
  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00248.x
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• Impact of forest fragments on bee visits and fruit set in rain-fed and irrigated coffee agro-forests
  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2012.05.003
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• Plant diversity in sacred forest fragments of Western Ghats: a comparative study of four life forms
  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-009-9638-8
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• Status of pollinators and their efficiency in coffee fruit set in a fragmented landscape mosaic in South India
  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2012.03.007
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