ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITYDIRECTORATE OF EXTENSION

AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION CENTRE

ANGRAU ‐ INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Interna�onal Webinar on

Strategic Role of Agricultural Universi�es in Achieving Strategic Role of Agricultural Universi�es in Achieving Na�onal Food Security and Rural DevelopmentNa�onal Food Security and Rural Development

Strategic Role of Agricultural Universi�es in Achieving Na�onal Food Security and Rural Development

(Under NAHEP‐Ins�tu�on Development Plan)

Chief Patron

Dr. A. Vishnuvardhan ReddyHon'ble Vice‐Chancellor

ANGRAU, GunturDr. A. Pratap Kumar ReddyDean of Agriculture & PI of IDP

ANGRAU, Guntur

Dr. P. RambabuDirector of Extension

ANGRAU, Guntur

Organizing Committee

Dr. A. LalithaPrincipal Agricultural Informa�on Officer (FAC)

AI&CC, Guntur

Convener

Dr. M. Venkata RamuluScien�st (Agricultural Extension)

AI&CC, Guntur

Co-Convener

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Rapporteurs:

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Dr. K. Uma Devi

Dr. A. Manoj

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International Speakers

Prof. Suresh Babu

Head, Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI, Washington D.C., USA

Extraordinary Professor, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Dr. Suresh Babu is an interna�onal agricultural economist conduc�ng policy research, capacity development, and policy advisory ac�vi�es for more than three decades in the Sub Saharan Africa, South Asia, Central Asia, and other developing regions. He joined Interna�onal Food Policy Research Ins�tute in 1992 and has served in several posi�ons including the Coordinator of IFPRI's Southern Africa Food Security Program (1992‐1997), Coordinator of its Central Asia Program (1997 – 2002), and Coordinator of its South Asia Ini�a�ve and its Policy Analysis and Advisory Network (PAANSA) (2000 – 2007). As a Senior Research Fellow and Head of division of Capacity Strengthening at IFPRI, Dr. Babu is guiding IFPRI's regional and country programs in their capacity development ac�vi�es. In this leadership posi�on, he has conducted many na�onal dialogues that led to the development of na�onal food security and agricultural policies of several developing countries in Africa and Asia.

Prior to IFPRI, Dr. Babu was a research economist at Cornell University. He has published 20 books and monographs and more than 100 peer‐reviewed journal papers on food and agricultural policies in developing countries. Dr. Babu has held or currently holding visi�ng or honorary professorships at the University of Pretoria, American University, Washington, D.C., Indira Gandhi Na�onal Open University, India, University of Kwazulu‐Natal, South Africa, and Zhejiang University, China. He is a visi�ng professor of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CASS) and an Elected Fellow of the Na�onal Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NASS) in India. Dr. Babu received his Ph.D. and M.S. both in Economics from Iowa State University, USA where he was awarded the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award for his services to global development.

Dr. Narendra Singh Rathore

Vice‐Chancellor

Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology

Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Dr. Narendra Singh Rathore, Vice‐Chancellor, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan has vast exper�se (more than 40 years) in Agriculture, Food and Agri‐Business Management, Bio energy, Renewable Energy Technology. Dr. Rathore served as Deputy Director General (Educa�on) and DDG (Engineering), ICAR, New Delhi and Founder Vice‐Chancellor, SKN Agricultural University, Jobner, Rajasthan. Dr. Rathore was instrumental in designing of Na�onal Voca�onal Educa�on Qualifica�on Framework in Agriculture. Dr. Rathore delivered 82 key‐ note addresses in various Interna�onal and Na�onal Seminars. Dr. Rathore visited 13 countries on professional assignments. Dr. Rathore was Principal Inves�gator for 51 R&D projects and three Interna�onal projects i.e. PISCES, CDM &FT. He authored 38 books, 26 and 69 research papers in reputed interna�onal and na�onal journals. He served as Editor for Indian Journals and guided 31 M.Tech, 16 Ph.D and 13 M.Sc students �ll date. Dr. Rathore received advanced five interna�onal trainings and is recipient of more than 30 awards and fellowships.

International Speakers

Dr. Kolawale Adebayo

Professor of Agriculture and Rural Development

Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria

Dr. Kolawale Adebayo working as Professor at Federal University of

Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria has 34 years of vast experience in teaching,

research and extension ac�vi�es mainly focusing on uptake of innova�ons

in smallholder farming, sustainable funding of agricultural development,

rural livelihoods and environmental management. Dr. Adebayo is a Visi�ng

Professor at University of Greenwich, Natural Resources Ins�tute (NRI),

Chatham Mari�me, UK since 2014. In his most recent assignment, as the

team leader for Interna�onal and Rural Development Programme in 2019

at the Livelihoods Support and Development Centre (SLIDEN AFRICA), he

provided guidance to the team to improve its grants winning performance

as well as elevate the visibility, impact and influence of the Centre as a

whole. He has completed 22 projects as principal inves�gator/team

leader/consultant, published 53 research papers, five books and nine book

chapters. Dr. Adebayo won several na�onal and interna�onal awards

including the pres�gious 'Rockfeller Founda�on Award' in 2017.

Dr. S.N. Meera

Senior Technical Expert (Digital agriculture), IFAD,

Cairo, Egypt

Shaik N. Meera works at United Na�on's Interna�onal Fund for

Agricultural Development , as Senior Technical Expert (Digital Agriculture)

and is based in Cairo. A Digital Transforma�on Specialist with blended Agri

and Technology domain exper�se, he is known for his evidence‐based

prac�ce in bringing digital transforma�on among many organiza�ons.

Before joining IFAD, he worked as Principal Scien�st in ICAR, where he led

large scale digital agriculture projects and federal demonstra�ons

program. He was a Visi�ng Researcher at IRRI, Philippines (2012‐13) and

Iowa State University (2010). He acts as a consultant for na�onal and

interna�onal organiza�ons to help digital transforma�on. Published 100

research papers, 4 network papers, 10 books, 15 technical bulle�ns, 8

blogs, 50 book chapters, 10 Mobile apps and 12 e‐books.

He holds Masters and Doctoral degree in Digital Extension with two gold

medals and 12 na�onal and Interna�onal awards. He is decorated with

pres�gious Extension Leadership Award and ICAR‐ Lal Bahdur Shastri

Outstanding Young Scien�st Award (2015). He travelled across 20

countries to design, deploy, share and learn the development strategies for

several organiza�ons.

Professor Jing Zhu

Dean and Chair Professor, College of Economics and Management

Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU) China

Professor Jing Zhu is Dean of College of Economics and Management,

Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU),and Cheung Kong Chair Professor,

Dis�nguished Professor by the Ministry of Educa�on of China. She is the

Chairperson of the Agricultural and Forestry Economics and

Management Disciplinary Appraisal Commi�ee of the State Council

Academic Commission of China, Vice‐Chair person of the Advisory

Commi�ee for the Agricultural and Forestry Economics and Management

Disciplinary of Higher Educa�on of the Ministry of Educa�on of China,

member of the Exper�se Advisory Commi�ee for the trade promo�on

center of the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs of China

(MARA),member of the Academic Commi�ee for the Agricultural

Economics Research Center of MARA, and member of the Board of

Trustees of ILRI, CGIAR.

Prof. Zhu obtained her Ph.D in NAU before joining Interna�onal Food

Policy Research Ins�tute (IFPRI) of the CGIAR as a post‐doctoral research

fellow, with research areas in agricultural economic management,

agricultural trade, especially food security policy studies. She is a widely

published author and recipient of awards for research achievements, and

is currently undertaking a series of key research projects from

authorita�ve na�onal research founda�ons as well as Government

agencies.

International Speakers

Dr. Orachos Napasintuwong

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Kasetsart University, Thailand

Dr. Orachos Napasintuwong is working as Assistant Professor at Kasetsart

University, Thailand since 2005. She a�ained her PhD from the University

of Florida, USA in Food and Resource Economics and an MBA from the

Louisiana State University, USA. As an agricultural economist, she served

as Execu�ve Commi�ee Member, Agricultural Economic Society of

Thailand under Royal Patronage; Member of Board of Directors, Asia

Pacific Agricultural Policy Forum; Country Contract Partner, Food and

Fer�lizer Technology Centre for the Asian and Pacific Region and Director

of Feed the Future Innova�on Lab for Food Security Policy Research,

Capacity, and Influence (PRCI) in Asia. She is also Editor of Applied

Economics Journal and Book Review Editor of Asian Journal of Agriculture

and Development. She published several research papers and book

chapters in the areas of agricultural biotechnology, agricultural

technology adop�on, seed industry, and rice economy in south‐east Asia.

Prof. Kadambot H.M. Siddique

Hacke� Professor of Agriculture Chair and Director

The UWA Ins�tute of Agriculture

University of Western Australia

Australia

Professor Kadambot H.M. Siddique is presently employed in The University

of Western Australia as Hacke� Professor of Agriculture Chair and Director,

the UWA Ins�tute of Agriculture. Professor Siddique is recognized

interna�onally as a leader in crop science and agriculture.He has made

outstanding contribu�ons to agriculture in research, educa�on and

industry development. His research on the adapta�on, physiology,

gene�cs and agronomy of crops has boosted cereal and grain legume

produc�on in dryland environments. His major contribu�ons to dryland

agriculture has resulted in crop yield improvements in grain legumes and

wheat, and the release of 13 new grain legume cul�vars.

Professor Siddique has more than 30 years' experience in agricultural

research, research training and management in Australia and overseas. He

has a na�onal and interna�onal reputa�on in various aspects of

agricultural science, including crop physiology, produc�on agronomy,

farming systems, gene�c resources and breeding, with a focus on wheat,

grain legumes (especially chickpea) and oilseed crops.His educa�on and

research training ini�a�ves span many regions, including Australia, Asia,

Africa and the Middle East. These are impac�ng on the next genera�on of

agricultural scien�sts and progressive farmers‐for the future challenges of

food security.

Kalyan Chakravarthy Guntuboyina

Account Manager, AsiaWageningen University &

Research (WUR)

Netherlands

Kalyan Chakravarthy Guntuboyina is presently employed with

Wageningen University and Research (WUR) as the Account Manager for

Asia. Prior to this, he worked with Wageningen Environmental Research

(also part of WUR) as a Senior Researcher. During his six year s�nt there, he

was mainly involved in carrying out interna�onal project assignments on

Metropolitan Food Clusters' development and Climate Smart Agriculture

as a project leader.

With a Master's degree in Gene�cs and Plant breeding and Post Graduate

Diploma in Agribusiness Management, Kalyan worked with some leading

organiza�ons such as BASF, Rabobank Interna�onal, YES Bank and IFFCO

in senior management and leadership posi�ons before joining

Wageningen UR (in 2013).

Kalyan has held several honorary posi�ons which include, Member of

India's Planning Commission working group on Animal Husbandry and

Livestock (2011) and Convener of Agrobusiness sub‐commi�ee of Indian

Banks Associa�on (2009 ‐2010). He also served as a member of the

Advisory Commi�ee of Post Graduate Diploma programme of Na�onal

Ins�tute of Agriculture Extension Management, (MANAGE, an

autonomous ins�tute of Ministry of Agriculture and Family welfare,

Government of India) from 2012 to 2019.

International Speakers

ACHARYA N.G RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION CENTRE, GUNTUR, A.P.

About the Webinar

ndia has one of the largest and well‐coordinated public agricultural research systems in the world. The main role of SAUs Iis to not only aid in state‐wide agricultural produc�on and produc�vity, but to aid India in agricultural and rural development na�onally, thereby contribu�ng to the food security of the Na�on. In this context, the interna�onal webinar is proposed with the following objec�ves.

Objec�ves of the webinar

he interna�onal webinar will not only assist to create awareness, review and evaluate the strategies/impact of TAgricultural Universi�es across the world in achieving na�onal food security and rural development and also gain insights from their experiences/lessons learnt/success stories/interven�ons/sustainable prac�ces. Furthermore, it will also guide in preparing 'ways forward/ac�on‐points' for Indian Agricultural Universi�es to engage themselves in na�onal food security/ rural development in a robust way. The interna�onal webinar will also aid in giving global exposure to the Indian SAUs par�cularly host organiza�on i.e. ANGRAU that is already a leader in contribu�ng to food security of the Na�on/ Rural development and also helps as first step in building strong collabora�ons and future partnerships.

Topic Speaker Time (IST)

October 6��, 2021

Inaugura�on of the webinar Hon'ble Vice‐Chancellor, ANGRAU; 8.00 A.M – 9.00A.M Dean of Agriculture; Director of Extension

Strategies for crea�ng World Class Prof. Suresh Babu, 9.00 AM – 10.00 AM Universi�es in Agricultural Sciences Head, Capacity Strengthening, IFPRIto support Food system transforma�on Washington D.C., U.S.A and Rural Development

Agricultural Policy and Food Security Prof. Zhu Jing, Chair Professor and Dean, 10.15 AM – 11.15 AMin China College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, China

Agricultural Universi�es and Rural Prof. Kolawale Adebayo, 01.30 PM – 02.30 PMDevelopment in Africa: Experiences Professor of Agriculture and Rural sharing from Nigeria Development, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria

Strategies for enhancing the role of Dr. Narendra Singh Rathore, Vice‐Chancellor, 02.30 PM – 03.30 PMAgricultural Universi�es in MPUAT, Rajasthan, India developing countries

October 7��, 2021

Digital Transforma�on of Agri‐ Food Dr. Shaik N. Meera, Senior Technical Expert 10.30AM – 11.30 AMSystems: 10 point agenda for Digital AgricultureAgricultural Universi�es Interna�onal Fund for Agricultural Development, Cairo, Egypt

Agricultural Universi�es and effec�ve Dr. Orachos Napasintuwong 11.30 AM – 12.30 PMtransfer of technology methods Asst. Professorin Thailand Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Kesatsart University, Thailand

Overview and Uniqueness of the Mr. Kalyan Chakravarthy Guntuboyina 02.00 PM – 02.45 PMWageningen University, Netherlands Account Manager, Asia Wageningen University & Research, NetherlandsNew Vistas in Agricultural Research: Prof. Kadambot H.M. Siddique, Hacke� 03.00 PM – 04.00 PMHow to create Next‐Genera�on Professor of Agriculture Chair & Director, Agricultural Universi�es? UWA Ins�tute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, Australia

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