S. No.

Title of research projects

PI

Co-PIs

Objectives

1.

Converging Agripreneurship, Farmers' Innovations and Modern Technologies

Dr. Rashmi Singh

 Dr. M. S. Nain, Dr. R N Padaria, Dr. J R Mishra, Dr. A K Singh, Dr. Subhashree Sahu, Dr. Misha Madhavan, Dr. Sujit Sarkar

Collaborator: Dr. Namita, Dr. Aakriti Sharma, Dr. Ritu Singh

1. To study various agripreneurship models and growth drivers for developing extension strategies for enhanced farm income

2. Institutionalization process of Farmer led innovations for learning exchanges among various stakeholders.

3. To study status, prospects and impact of income enhancing government programmes/ technologies for agribusiness.

2.

Evaluation of Farmer-centric Government Schemes and Programmes for Agricultural Extension Policy Advocacy

Dr. Venu Lenin

 Dr. Sitaram Bishnoi, Dr. R.N. Padaria, Dr. Satyapriya, Dr.Monika Wason, Dr .Om Prakash, Dr. Manjeet Singh,  Dr. Jyotiranjan Mishra, Dr. V.Sangeetha, Dr. Girijesh Singh Mahra, Dr. Sukanya Barua, Dr. Muralikrishnan, L., Dr. Subhashree Sahu, Dr. Misha Madhavan, M,  Dr. N.V. Kumbhare,  Dr. Sujit Sarkar, Dr.Anbukkani, P. and Dr. Punitha,P.

1.   To identify and characterize effective farmer-centric government schemes and programmes,

2.   To evaluate socioeconomic impact of selected farmer-centric government schemes and programmes, and

3.   To devise partnership oriented and linkage-based farmer-centric agricultural extension model(s) and policy framework for strengthening farm-based livelihood.

3.

Agricultural Extension for Nutrition and Health (AE4NH) Strategies and  Models

Dr. Sukanya Barua

Dr. V.Sangeetha, Dr. Monika Wason, Dr. O P Singh, Dr. Satyapriya, Dr. V. Lenin, Dr. N. V. Kumbhare, Dr. G. S. Mahra, Dr. Murali Krishnan, Dr. Sitaram Bishnoi, Dr. Subhashree Sahu, Dr. Misha Madhavan, Dr. A K Singh, , , Dr. Sujit Sarkar, Dr. P.Venkatesh, Dr. Shalini G Rudra, Dr. Rajeev Kumar

Collaborator: Dr. Pulkit Mathur

1.To assess nutrition and health behaviours (KAP) in context of agriculture and to map food system and identifying causes of malnutrition across regions

2.To study the behavioural patterns of stakeholders for food safety

3.To conduct capacity building interventions on nutritional security

4.To study the impact of various nutrition-sensitive agricultural interventions

S. No.

Title of research projects

PI

Co-PIs/ Collaborators

Objectives

1.

Development of innovative Agricultural extension models.  

Dr. R. N. Padaria

    Dr. R. Roy Burman, Dr. J. P. Sharma, Dr. V. Lenin, Dr. Sujit Sarkar, Dr. J. R. Mishra, Dr. V. Sangeetha, Dr. Satyapriya, Dr. Monika Wason, Dr. Pramod Kumar, Dr. T. K. Das, Dr. Manoj Khanna, Dr. Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay, Dr. A. K. Mishra, Dr Om Praksah, Dr Sudipta Paul,  Dr.L Muralikrishnan

·   Institutionalization and out-scaling of IARI-Post office extension model

·   Devising extension approaches for climate change adaptation and livelihood security

·   To design and validate ICT based extension model

2.

Maximizing Farm Profitability through Entrepreneurship Development and Farmer Led Innovations.

 Dr. Rashmi Singh

 Dr. M. S. Nain, Dr J. R. Mishra, Dr. J P Sharma, Dr. A. K. Singh, Dr. Anjani Kumar, Dr. Nafees Ahmad

Collaborators: Dr. Shalini Rudra (PHT), Dr Murtaza Hasan (CPCT), Dr R S Bana (Agronomy) Dr. D.R. Singh (Agril  Economics)

·   To study potential of specialty agriculture production, secondary agriculture and scaling up of farmer led innovations for Agripreneurship development.

·   To study the capacity building needs of farmers and design suitable capacity building modules for agripreneurship and out scaling farmers’ innovations.

·   To study backward and forward linkages, conduct network analysis for learning exchanges among various stakeholders for Agripreneurship and FLI promotion.

·   To validate the farmer led innovations scientifically for Agripreneurship development.

·   To design a theoretical framework for agricultural entrepreneurship development and developing a strategy for institutionalization of farmer led innovations.

3.

Enhancing Nutritional Security and Gender Empowerment.

Dr. V. Sangeetha

Dr. Premlata Singh, Dr. Monika Wason, Dr D.U.M. Rao, Dr. Satyapriya, Dr. V. Lenin,

Dr.Sudipta Paul,  Dr. Murali Krishnan,

Dr. SukanyaBarua,  Dr.Sitaram. Scientist,

Dr. N. V. Kumbhare,  Dr. G. S. Mahra,  Dr. P. Venkatesh,  Dr (Mrs) Sangeeta Chopra

Dr. B.S Tomar, Dr. Charanjit Kaur,

Dr. A. K. Singh, Dr. Sujit Sarkar

Collaborators Dr Pulkit Mathur

• To assess the consumption pattern and nutritional status of target group.
• To design, develop and validate agri-nutri multimedia modules for enhancing nutritional security
•  To conduct capacity building interventions on nutritional security.
• To assess the technological gap in agri, horti and fodder production in context of nutritional security
• To study the effectiveness of institutional interventions on nutritional security and suggest suitable strategies for convergence.
• To evaluate the impact of nutritional education interventions and capacity building programmes.
• To assess the organizational climate and training needs of extension professionals for gender empowerment.
• To design and validate e learning module for extension professionals for gender empowerment.