Aldas Janaiah

Dr. Aldas Janaiah is a senior scientist and economist who did extensive research on socio-economic and policy issues related to technological developments, adoption and its impacts in South Asia and SE Asia.

He is well known for various research articles in Hybrid Rice for Indian farmers, Hybrid Rice for Tomorrows Food Security, agricultural diversification in favour of non-traditional and high nutrient value food crops and Genetically Modified food crops. He is also a frequent presenter at various national and international conferences.[1][2][3]

Family and education

Janaiah was born in agriculturist family on 2 May 1964 to Aldas Janamma and Aldas Saidulu Goud in Mamidala village of Thipparthy Mandal in Nalgonda district of Telangana in India.

He did his BSc in (agriculture) in 1987 and MSc in (agricultural economics) in 1989 from Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, PhD in (agricultural economics) in 1995 from Banaras Hindu University

Career and assignments

Awards

Research projects
  • The comparative economics and adoption behavior of hybrid rice technology in India.
  • Analysis of the seed system and seed policy for rice in Bangladesh.
  • The productivity impacts of green revolution in cereal crops in India.
  • Impacts of modern farm technologies on poverty and income distribution in rural Asia
  • Economic evaluation of the farm-level impacts of hybrid rice technology in tropical Asia[5]

Publications
  • Aldas Janaiah, "Hybrid Rice for Indian Farmers : Myths and Reality", Economic and Political Weekly, 2002,42(37):4328
  • Aldas Janaiah, "Hybrid Rice For Tomorrow Food Security:", Economic and Political Weekly, 2002,1(31)
  • Aldas Janaiah, "Vietnam Experience in Hybrid Rice", Economic and Political Weekly, 2003,25(38):2529
  • Aldas Janaiah, "Hybrid Rice in Bangladesh:Farm-Level Performance", Economic and Political Weekly, 2003,25(38):2552
  • Aldas Janaiah, "Hybrid Rice in Andhra Pradesh:Findings of a survey", Economic and Political Weekly, 2003,25(38):2512
  • Aldas Janaiah, "Hybrid Rice Cultivation in the Philippines: Early Level Experiences", Economic and Political Weekly, 2003,25(38):2508
  • Aldas Janaiah, "Can Hybrid Rice Technology help Productivity Groeth in Asian Tropics?Farmers' Experience", Economic and Political Weekly, 2003,25(38):2501
  • Aldas Janaiah, "The Seed Delivery System in Andhra Pradesh", Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing, 2003,2(17)
  • Aldas Janaiah, "Partnership in the Public Sector Agricultural R&D:Evidence from India", Economic and Political Weekly, 2004,50(39):5334
  • Aldas Janaiah, "Has the Green Revolution Bypassed Coarse Cereals? The Indian Experience", Economic and Political Weekly, 2004,1(2):31[5][6]

References
  1. GRAIN | Resources | Hybrid rice | Hybrid rice key documents
  2. "Why a re-think on GM crops is needed". The Hindu Business Line. 12 April 2006.
  3. Scientific Commons: Aldas Janaiah
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Dr. Aldas Janaiah, Scientist-Senior Scale". Ncap.res.in. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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