Ch. Srinivasa Rao

Employment

• Indian Agricultural Research Institute Director
  2024 - Present
• National Academy of Agricultural Research Management Director
  2017 - 2024
• Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture Director
  2014 - 2017
• Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture Project Coordinator (Dryland Research)
  2013 - 2014
• Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture Principal Scientist (Soil Science)
  2006 - 2013
• Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture Senior Scientist
  2003 - 2006
• Indian Institute of Pulses Research Senior Scientist (Soil Chemistry, Fertility, Microbiology
  1998 - 2003
• Indian Institute of Soil Science Scientist (Soil Science)
  1993 - 1998
• Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture Scientist (Soil Science)
  1992 - 1993

Education

• Tel Aviv University Post-Doctoral
  1999 - Present
• Indian Agricultural Research Institute Ph.D.
  1988 - 1992
• Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University M.Sc (Agriculture)
  1986 - 1988
• Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University B.Sc (Agriculture)
  1982 - 1986

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (423)

• Yield Gaps in Major Crops of India: A Review of Drivers and Sustainable Intensification Pathways
  Land 2026 DOI: 10.3390/land15081453
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• Understanding Spatial Distribution Variability of Top Soil Organic Carbon in Cultivated Soils of India as Influenced by Rainfall, Elevation and Temperature
  Land Degradation & Development 2026 DOI: 10.1002/ldr.70252
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• Effect of Tank Silt Amendment, Integrated Nutrient Management, and Biofertilizers on Agronomic Productivity of Semi‐Arid Alfisols
  Land Degradation & Development 2026 DOI: 10.1002/ldr.70191
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• Carbon farming: Ecosystem services and its potential in achieving UN sustainable development goals
  2026 DOI: 10.1016/bs.agron.2025.10.002
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• One Health and Ecosystem Services in Sustainable Agriculture: Challenges, Opportunities, and Policy Imperatives – A Critical Review
  Madras Agricultural Journal 2026 DOI: 10.29321/MAJ.10.26JU00
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• Arid Eco-Region and Dryland Soil Health
  Soil Health Series Volume 4 Soil Health and Sustainability in India 2025 DOI: 10.1002/9780891187400.ch3
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• Climate change risk assessment for adaptation planning in Indian agriculture
  MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL CHANGE 2025 DOI: 10.1007/S11027-025-10208-X
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• Confronting food insecurity through agricultural interventions: the Farmer FIRST program in India
  FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION 2025 DOI: 10.3389/FNUT.2024.1423599
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• Diversified legume-oilseed cropping system for synergistic enhancement of yield and water use efficiency in rainfed areas of semi-arid tropics
  PLOS ONE 2025 DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0317373
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• Impact of intercropping and low-external input integrated pest management on Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) in maize
  FIELD CROPS RESEARCH 2025 DOI: 10.1016/J.FCR.2025.109868
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