Agricultural Education Status and Prospects By D M Chandargi

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Publisher ‏: Satish Serial Publishing House
Author : D M Chandargi, Lokesh G B, M G Chandrakanth, M V Ravi
Language ‏: English
Edition : Latest By Publishers
Book Cover : Hard Back
ISBN : 9789388892032

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"Dr. Lokesh G.B. is the Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Economics UAS Raichur. He is a recipient of two International Fellowship awards for attending international courses: 1. Exploration Exploitation and Management of Groundwater Resources at Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel sponsored by Mashav Foreign Ministry Govt. of Israel (2003) 2. NAIP-ICAR International Fellowship for attending international training on Commodity Markets at IFPRI Washington DC USA (2013) awarded by NAIP-ICAR New Delhi Govt. of India. He has successfully completed two national and four Govt. of Karnataka funded research projects on various issues related Agricultural Policy. He also teaches courses in Agricultural Economics for both undergraduate post graduate students at College of Agriculture Raichur since 2011. Prior to his teaching and research experiences in agriculture he has also worked 5 years in corporate sector in providing analytical solutions for solving the business problems in fast moving consumers goods software marketing and retail financing sectors at global level etc. To his credit totally 15 research articles published in reputed national and international journals and three in book in chapters. He also contributed in the form presentation and participation in national and international conferences. E-mail: gblokesh@yahoo.com Dr. D.M. Chandargi completed Ph.D.in Agricultural Extension Education in the year 1996 from University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad Karnataka. He has put in around 35 years of service in different capacities as extension worker scientist and administrator in State Department of Agriculture and Agricultural University. Now he is serving as Dean (Agri.) at College of Agriculture Raichur under the University of Agricultural Sciences Raichur Karnataka. He has also served as a Registrar of University of Agricultural Sciences Raichur for a period of two and half years. He has significantly contributed to the field of Agricultural extension education management rural development and sustainable livelihoods in particular. He has worked on income generation activities of SHGs and evolved policy document through world bank funded Sujala watershed project. He has worked as outreach expert in international project on Consolidation of Food Security in South India funded by CIDA collaborated by Mc Gill University Canada. About the Authors v About the Authors / vi Dr. D.M. Chandargi is a recipient of many awards some of them are: � University of Agricultural Sciences Gold Medal and Dr.R. Dwarakinath Gold medal for Ph.D. Degree programme. � Best Paper Presentation Award - 2013 by International Society of Extension Education. � Scientist of the Year Award - 2016 by National Environmental Science Academy New Delhi. � Excellence in Communication Award - 2016 by Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture and Technology India. � Outstanding Scientist in Agriculture Award - 2017 by Scientific Education Research Society Meerut (U.P.). As a teacher he has taught several courses of undergraduate and post graduate programmes including Ph.D. and guided twenty five M.Sc. and three Ph.D. students as a Chairman andmore than 75 students as a member of advisory committees. M.G. Chandrakanth is currently Director of Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) Nagarabhavi Bangalore. He was Professor and University Head of Agricultural Economics and former Dean of College of Agriculture University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore (UASB) India. He completed B.Sc. (Agri.) in 1974 M.Sc. (Agri.) in Agricultural Economics in 1976 under Professor Noel SP Rebellow and obtained his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics in 1981 under Dr. JV Venkataram from the UASB. He served the Institute for Social and Economic Change Bangalore India as an Assistant Professor in the Rural Economics Unit from 1982-1983 and joined the UASB as an Associate Professor in 1983. He has been teaching agricultural economics production economics mathematical economics advanced micro-economics institutional economics and history of economic thought natural resource and environmental economics courses. Dr. Chandrakanth pursued post doctoral studies with fellowship from the Ford Foundation USA in forest resource economics in 1987-88. He was awarded the Ciriacy-Wantrup Post Doctoral Fellowship for 1988-90 period in institutional economics of natural resources at the University of California Berkeley USA and worked under Prof. Jeff Romm specializing in water resource economics and policy. He was nominated as Vice President of the Indian Society of Agricultural Economics in 2000 and as a member of Editorial board of the Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics in 2012.He facilitated student exchange program with the University of Gent with Prof. Guido Van Huylenbroeck in Rural Development (IMRD) and was Erasmus Mundus visiting scholar University of Ghent Belgium in 2008; DAAD sch