Institute Projects Completed
1 Longitudinal study on effects of tuber crops technologies intervention on their production and consumption in their user system (Co –PI)
2 Sustainable livelihood analysis of tuber crops farmers (Co-PI)
3 Weed management with new generation herbicides in tropical tuber crops (Co –PI)
4 Particle boards and adhesives from cassava by-products and starch(Co –PI)
5 Development of cassava starch based noval products and functional foods from other tuber crops (Co-PI)
6 Developing sweet potato hybrid clones suitable for processing (Co-PI)
7 Management of fertigation in greater yam + maize intercropping system (Co-PI)
Institute projects being handled
1 Impact assessment of technologies of tropical tuber crops(PI)
2 Technological interventions and documentation of farmers innovations including ITKs in tropical tuber crops (Co-PI)
3 Mapping of women empowerment in tuber crops cultivation for engendering research and development (Co-PI)
4 Generation and application of statistical and bioinformatics tools for tropical tuber crops research and development (Co-PI)
5 Development and functional characterization of modified starches of cassava and lesser known tropical tuber starches for industrial application (Co-PI)
6 Development and evaluation of tuber crops based prebiotic low calorie and value added functional foods (Co-PI)
7 Weed management in tropical tuber crops (Co-PI)
8 Soil carbon quality and conservation studies in tropical tuber crops (Co-PI)
9 Climate change adaptation and mitigation in tropical tuber crops (Co-PI)
10 Breeding to evolve trait specific varieties in cassava, yams and arrowroot for productivity, earliness, quality and resistance to biotic stresses (Co-PI)
Number of Research Papers
1 Prakash P, Pramod Kumar, Amit Kar and Awani Kumar Singh. 2020. Status and impact of protected cultivation of horticultural crops in Maharashtra, Indian Journal of Horticulture, 77(3):518-526.
2 Prakash, P.,Jaganathan, D., Sheela Immanuel and Sivakumar, P.S. 2020. Analysis of global and national scenario of tuber crops production: Trends and prospects. Indian Journal of Economics and Development, 16(4): 500-510.
3 Prakash P, Pramod Kumar, Amit Kar, Awani Kumar Singh and Anbukkani P. 2019. Progress and performance of protected cultivation in Maharashtra, Indian Journal of Economics and Development, 15(4):555-563.
4 Prakash, P., Jaganathan, D., Sivakumar, P. S., Sheela Immanuel, Prabhat Kishore and Pramod Kumar. 2018. Does APMC market increase farmers’ income? Evidence from value chain analysis of sweet potato in Karnataka, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73(3):342-357.
5 Prakash P, Avinash Kishore, Devesh Roy, Debdutt Behura and Sheela Immanuel .2017. Bio fortification for reducing hidden hunger: A value chain analysis of sweet potato in Odisha, India. Agricultural Economics Research Review, 30 (2):201-212.
6 Prakash, P and Pramod Kumar.2016. Performance of Kisan credit card scheme in Tamil Nadu. Indian. Indian Journal of Agriculture Economics. 71(2):191-211.
7 Prakash, P., Avinash Kishore., Devesh Roy and Debdutt Behura.2016.Economic analysis of sweet potato farming and marketing in Odisha. Journal of Root Crops.42 (2):163-167.
8 Amit Kar, Pramod Kumar, P Prakash, D R Singh, J P Dabas, SathishGowda, C S, Nayan Deepak, Vijay Pooniya and R S Bana. 2020. Doubling farmers’ income in Delhi state: An introspection, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 90(8):124-132.
9 Amit Kar, EmalShegiwal, Pramod Kumar and P Prakash. 2020. Impact of contract farming on basmati rice (Oryzasativa) in India, Indian Jounral of Agricultural Sciences, 90(7):66-69.
10 Manaswi B.H, Pramod Kumar, Prakash P, P Anbukkani, Amit Kar, G.K. Jha, D U M Rao and V. Lenin. 2020. Impact of farmer producers organization on organic chilli production in Telangana, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 19(1):33-43.
11 Sheela Immanuel, Jaganathan, D., Koundinya, A. V. V., Prakash, P., Sivakumar, P. S., Kesava Kumar, H. and Muthuraj, R. 2020. Mapping of Livelihood Capitals for Technological Interventions in Elephant Foot Yam and Banana Cultivation in Andhra Pradesh. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 9 (8):
12 Vikram Yogi, Pramod Kumar, Prakash P, Amit Kar, D.R.Singh, Rashmi Singh, PrawinArya and O.P. Awasthi. 2019. An economic evaluation of kinnow cultivation in north western India, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 89(10): 132-135.
13 Manaswi B.H, Pramod Kumar, Prakash P, Amit Kar, P Anbukkani, G.K. Jha and D U M.2019. Impact of Farmer Producer Organisations on organic chilli (Capsicum frutescens) production in Telangana, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 89(11): 98-102.
14 Sheela Immanuel, Jaganathan, D., Sivakumar, P. S., Muthuraj, R. and Prakash, P. 2019. Livelihood assessment of cassava and paddy growing farmers in Tamil Nadu: A comparative analysis. InternationalJournal of Pure and AppliedBioscience, 7(4):90-98.
15 Manaswi B.H, Pramod Kumar, Prakash P, P Anbukkani, Amit Kar, G.K. Jha and D U M Rao. 2018. Progress and performance of states in promotions of farmer producer organizations in India, Indian Journal of Extension Education, 54(2): 108-113
16 Manaswi B.H, Pramod Kumar, Prakash P, P Anbukkani, Amit Kar, G.K. Jha, D U M Rao and V. Lenin. 2018. Evaluation of farmer producer’s organization of Telangana: A SWOT analysis approach, Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development.
17 V. Mahesh., P.S. SwathiLekshmi., DilipAnandaPawar., Daliyamol, Alok Kumar and P. Prakash.2017.Matrix Ranking- An important PRA tool to assess farmer’s preferences and priorities. Agricultural Science Digest. 37(2):100-105.
18 Sheela Immanuel, P.S.Sivakumar, P. Prakash and D. Jaganathan (2017).Livelihood analysis of tuber crop farmers in Kerala. Journal of Root Crops.43(1):111-115
19 V.Yogi, Pramod Kumar, Prakash P, Amit Kar, D R Singh, R singh, P Arya and O P Awasthi. 2020. Are traditional marketing channels of kinnow really bad.Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 19(4): 846-860.
20 Jaganathan, D., Sheela Immanuel, Prakash, P. and Sivakumar, P. S. 2020. Sustainable livelihood assessment of taro and paddy growers in Nayagarh district of Odisha. Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development. 15(3): 686-693.