Dakshina Murthy is currently working as Professor (Agronomy). Acharya Ng Ranga Agricultural University Prior to that worked as a Senior Scientist and systems modeller at Innovation Systems for the Drylands (ISD), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), based in Hyderabad/India. Obtained his PhD from the University of Florida, Gainesville, the US with a major in Soil and Water Science under Indo-US Agricultural knowledge Initiative program. Started work for ICRISAT in 2013 in Hyderabad working with Global Futures and Strategic Foresight (GFSF) project funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and CRP-PIM. Dakshina Murthy led the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) as part of the South India team, conducting integrated assessments of the effects of climate change on global and regional food production and security, analyzing adaptation options in rainfed cropping systems. He is also leading climate change adaptation project funded by MOEFCC, Govt. of India in operation in Telangana, India. My expertise mostly in the areas of agronomy and soil science, crop growth modelling, carbon modeling, climate risk management, spatial analysis and published more than 50 journal articles and 5 book chaptersKey interests : Crop simulation modeling, climate risk management, development of adaptive strategies in crops for climate change, GIS and RS, Cropping systems research.
Listed skills include Climate Change, Agronomy, Crop, Agriculture, and 6 others.