Sreenath Dixit


Principal Scientist & Cluster Leader
Email: D.Sreenath@cgiar.org
Phone: +91 08455683475

Dr. Sreenath Dixit is the Head of the ICRISAT Development Center (IDC), a research cluster under the Global Research Program -Resilient Farm and Food Systems. He collaborates with the Global Research Program Director to deliver impactful outcomes to smallholder farming systems. He guides and supervises a multidisciplinary team of natural resource management experts and social scientists to develop and deliver climate-resilient agriculture technologies and improve productivity for smallholder farmers. Furthermore, Dr. Dixit is responsible for mobilizing and building partnerships with governments at the state and national level, along with private and public entities, to support ICRISAT’s goals. As the Head of IDC, Dr Dixit, with his knowledge of the Science of Delivery and the impact pathways, is striving to achieve positive outcomes for smallholder farmers. Additionally, he also has experience mobilizing resources, and collaborating with partners, like farmer organizations and governmental line departments, effectively.
With a doctorate in Agricultural Extension from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India (1993), he belongs to the 1990 batch of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). His efforts have led to many ICAR awards, such as Vasantrao Naik Award for Dryland Agriculture and the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Award for Tribal Agriculture Improvement besides the Young Scientist award of the Indian Society of Extension Education early in his career.
In his career spanning over 30 years, he has served in different capacities with National Research Centre for Cashew, Puttur (1992-99) and Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad (1999-2014). He headed the Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Bengaluru as its Director (2014-18) before moving in to ICRISAT. He has also served ICRISAT earlier in his career in two different projects between 2002-06.
He has over a hundred publications to his credit and published about 80 research papers both in national and international journals, written over 35 book chapters, and several project reports and policy papers. Besides, he has also published over 100 popular articles on a wide range of subjects including agriculture, education, rural development, etc.
Expertise: Participatory natural resource management, innovative institutional mechanisms for promoting sustainable rural livelihoods in fragile ecosystems, technology testing and frontline extension strategies, location-specific adaptations to climate change and ICTs in agricultural extension.

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Research Papers:

2023

Nutrient profiling of lablab bean (Lablab purpureus) from north-eastern India: A potential legume for plant-based meat alternatives. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. DileepKumar Pandey , Siddhartha Singh , Kumar  Dubey Shantanu, TaraSingh Mehra , Sreenath Dixit and Gajanan  Sawargaonkar (2023): In: Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2023. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Indigenous Peoples’ Psychological Wellbeing Amid Transitions in Shifting Cultivation Landscape: Evidence from the Indian Himalayas. Pandey Dileep Kumar, Dubey Shantanu Kumar, Verma Ashwani Kumar, Wangchu Lobsang, Dixit Sreenath, Devi Chabungbam Victoria and Gajanan Sawargaonkar (2023): In: Sustainability, 2023. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) for rapid soil testing and soil quality assessment in smallholder farms. Israr Majeed, Kaushal K.Garg, Akuraju Venkataradha, P Naveen, S Roy, N Reddy, Ramesh Singh, KH Anantha, Sreenath Dixit and SD Bhabani (2023): In: British Society of Soil Science, 2023. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)

2022

Impact of soil and water conservation measures on farm productivity and income in the semi-arid tropics of Bundelkhand, central India. Choudhary BB, Inder Dev, Priyanka Singh, Ramesh Singh, Purushottam Sharma, Khem Chand, Kaushal K.Garg, KH Anantha, Akuraju VenkataRadha, Sreenath Dixit, Sunil Kumar, Asha Ram and Naresh Kumar (2022): In: Environmental Conservation, 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Traditional Rainwater Management (Haveli cultivation) for Building System Level Resilience in a Fragile Ecosystem of Bundelkhand Region, Central India. Ramesh Singh, Akuraju Venkataradha, KH Anantha, Kaushal K.Garg, Barron Jennie, Anthony M.Whitbread, Inder Dev and Sreenath Dixit (2022): In: Front. Sustain. Food Syst, 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Detecting Soil pH from Open-Source Remote Sensing Data: A Case Study of Angul and Balangir Districts, Odisha State. Pranuthi Gogumalla, Srikanth Rupavatharam, Aviraj Datta, Rohan Khopade, Puspajeet Choudhari, Ram Dhulipala and Sreenath Dixit (2022): In: Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing , 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Identifying potential zones for rainwater harvesting interventions for sustainable intensification in the semi-arid tropics. Kaushal K.Garg, Akuraju Venkataradha, K.H Anantha, Ramesh Singh, Anthony M.Whitbread and Sreenath Dixit (2022): In: Nature Scientific Reports, (3882), 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Transforming livestock productivity through watershed interventions: A case study of Parasai-Sindh watershed in Bundelkhand region of Central India. Inder Dev, Ramesh Singh, Kaushal K.Garg, Asha Ram, Deepak Singh, Naresh Kumar, SK Dhyani, Anand Singh, Anantha KH, Akuraju VenkataRadha, Sreenath Dixit, RK Tewari, Dwivedi RP and Arunachalamand (2022): In: Elsevier - Agricultural Systems, 196 , 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)

2021

Impact of raised beds on surface runoff and soil loss in Alfisols and Vertisols. Kaushal K.Garg, KH Anantha, Sreenath Dixit, Rajesh Nune, Akuraju Venkataradha, Pawan Wable, Nagaraju Budama and Ramesh Singh (2021): In: CATENA, 211 , 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Landscape resource management for sustainable crop intensification. Anantha KH, Kaushal K.Garg, Ramesh Singh, Akuraju Venkataradha, Inder Dev, Cameron Petrie, Anthony Whitbread and Sreenath Dixit (2021): In: Environmental Research Letters (TSI), pp. 1-19, 2021, ISSN: 1748-9326. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Impact of agricultural water management interventions on upstream–downstream trade-offs in the upper Cauvery catchment, southern India: a modelling study. Pawan S.Wable, Kaushal K.Garg, Rajesh Nune, Akuraju Venkataradha, Anantha KH, Veena Srinivasan, Ragab Ragab, John Rowan, Virginie Keller, Pradeep Majumdar, Gwyn Rees, Ramesh Singh and Sreenath Dixit (2021): In: Irrigation and Drainage, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Impact of Rainwater Harvesting on Hydrological Processes in a Fragile Watershed of South Asia. Kaushal K.Garg, KH Anantha, Akuraju Venkataradha, Sreenath Dixit, Ramesh Singh and Ragab Ragab (2021): In: Groundwater (TSI), pp. 1-17, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Treating agricultural non-point source pollutants using periphyton biofilms and biomass volarization. TK Marella, A Saxena, A Tiwari, Aviraj Datta and Sreenath Dixit (2021): In: Journal of Environmental Management, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Building resilient agricultural system through groundwater management interventions in degraded landscapes of Bundelkhand region, Central India. Ramesh Singh, Kaushal K.Garg, KH Anantha, VenkataRadha Akuraju, Inder Dev, Sreenath Dixit and Dhyani SK (2021): In: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies (TSI), 37 , pp. 1-14, 2021, ISSN: 2214-5818. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Impact of best management practices on sustainable crop production and climate resilience in smallholder farming systems of South Asia. KH Anantha, Kaushal K.Garg, J Barron, Sreenath Dixit, Akuraju Venkataradha, Ramesh Singh and AM Whitbread (2021): In: Agricultural Systems (TSI), 194 (103276), pp. 1-19, 2021, ISSN: 0308-521X. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
A comprehensive assessment framework for attributing trends in streamflow and groundwater storage to climatic and anthropogenic changes: A case study in the typical semi‐arid catchments of southern India. Rajesh Nune, George BA, Western AW, Kaushal K.Garg, Sreenath Dixit and Ragab Ragab (2021): In: Hydrological Processes (TSI), 35 (8), pp. 1-17, 2021, ISSN: 0885-6087. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | BibTeX)
Effect of improved management practices on productive and reproductive performance of Osmanabadi goats under semi-intensive rearing systems. Prakashkumar Rathod and Sreenath Dixit (2021): In: Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 91 (6), pp. 499-504, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | BibTeX)
Seeking sustainable pathways for fostering agricultural transformation in peninsular India. KH Anantha, Kaushal K.Garg, Cameron Petrie and Sreenath Dixit (2021): In: Environmental Research Letters, 16 (4), 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Constructed wetland for improved wastewater management and increased water use efficiency in resource scarce SAT villages: A case study from Kothapally village, in India. Aviraj Datta, Hari OmSingh, Santhosh KumarRaja and Sreenath Dixit (2021): In: International Journal of Phytoremediation (TSI), 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Precision dairy farming: Opportunities and challenges for India. Rathod Prakashkumar and Sreenath Dixit (2021): In: Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 90 (8), pp. 1083–1094, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)

2020

Mapping the Nutrient Status of Odisha’s Soils. Gajanan Sawargaonkar, Gilbert Rozarios, Girish Chander, Mukund Patil, Pushpajeet Choudhari, Rabindra Kumar Nayak, Sreenath Dixit, Prasanta Kumar Mishra, M Muthukumar, Mahadeva Reddy, Arabinda Kumar Padhee and Antaryami Mishra (2020): ICRISAT, 2020. (Type: Book | Links | BibTeX)
Building climate resilience in degraded agricultural landscapes through water management: A case study of Bundelkhand region, Central India. Garg Kaushal, Singh Ramesh, Anantha KH, Singh Anand, Akuraju Venkata Radha, Barron Jennie, Dev Inder, Tewari RK, Wani Suhas, Dhyani SK and Dixit Sreenath (2020): In: Journal of Hydrology, 591 , pp. 1-12, 2020, ISSN: 0022-1694. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
An interdisciplinary framework for using archaeology, history and collective action to enhance India’s agricultural resilience and sustainability. AS Green, Sreenath Dixit, Kaushal K.Garg, NR Sandya, G Singh, K Vatta, AM Whitbread, MK Jones, RN Singh and CA Petrie (2020): In: Environmental Research Letters, 15 (10), pp. 1-14, 2020, ISSN: 1748-9326. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Crop type identification and spatial mapping using Sentinel-2 satellite data with focus on field-level information. Gumma Murali, Tummala , Sreenath Dixit, Collivignarelli , Holecz , Kolli RN and Whitbread AM (2020): In: Geocarto International (TSI), pp. 1-17, 2020, ISSN: 1010-6049. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Impact of land use changes and management practices on groundwater resources in Kolar district, Southern India. Kaushal K.Garg, Anantha KH, Rajesh Nune, Venkataradha Akuraju, Pushpraj Singh, G.Murali Krishna, Sreenath Dixit and Ragab Ragab (2020): In: Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies , 2020. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Boondh: The journey of a raindrop in the drylands. Sreenath Dixit, Prabhakar Pathak, RC Sachan, Kaushal K.Garg, S Raghavendra Rao and Buduma Nagaraju (2020): In: ICRISAT, India, 2020. (Type: Incollection | Links | BibTeX)
Locust Swarm and its Management. Vinod Kukanur, Kapil Raje and Sreenath Dixit (2020): In: pp. 10, ICRISAT, Patancheru, Telangana, India, 2020. (Type: Incollection | Links | BibTeX)
Field Notes 7-Supporting Chili Farmers to cope with COVID-19 Lockdown: A Case from the Tribal areas of Palghar, Maharashtra. Patil Mukund, Dixit Sreenath, Gahukar Satish and Sheshadri Arun (2020): AESA 2020. (Type: Online | Abstract | Links | BibTeX)
Addressing agriculture in view of COVID-19 challenges in Odisha. Dixit Sreenath, D Shyam Moses, Patil Mukund, Gajanan Sawargaonkar, Girish Chander, Datta Aviraj, Khopade Rohan, Akuraju Venkataradha, K Mahadeva Reddy and Mishra PK (2020): In: 2020. (Type: Incollection | Links | BibTeX)
Agricultural water management interventions for enhancing water resources availability, cropping, intensity and various ecosystem services in Bundelkhand region of Central India. Kaushal K.Garg, Ramesh Singh, KH Anantha, I Dev and Sreenath Dixit (2020): Drought Management: Future Challenges and Strategies, Proceedings of India Water Week, 25th Sept 2019, India, 2020. (Type: Conference | Links | BibTeX)
Development of Livestock Sector in the Semi-arid Regions of Karnataka: Status and Strategies. Rathod Prakashkumar, Sreenath Dixit, D Moses Shyam and Mukund Patil (2020): In: International Journal of Livestock Research, 10 (2), 2020, ISBN: 2277-1964. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Dairying in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh: Constraints to realizing the potential. Rathod Prakashkumar and Sreenath Dixit (2020): In: 2020. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)

2019

Zero Budget Natural Farming - An empirical analysis. D.Moses Shyam, Sreenath Dixit, Rajesh Nune, Gajanan Sawargaonkar and Girish Chander (2019): In: Green Farming, 10 (6), pp. 661-667, 2019. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Effective and economic ecological weed management approaches for managing weeds in rice in the era of climate change. AN Rao, Sreenath Dixit, Gajanan Sawargaonkar, KH Anantha and VK Singh (2019): 2019. (Type: Conference | Links | BibTeX)
Agricultural cropland extent and areas of South Asia derived using Landsat satellite 30-m time-series big-data using random forest machine learning algorithms on the Google Earth Engine cloud. Gumma MK, Thenkabail PS, Teluguntla PG, Oliphant , Xiong , Giri , Pyla , Dixit and Whitbread AM (2019): In: GIScience & Remote Sensing (TSI), pp. 1-21, 2019, ISSN: 1548-1603. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Sustainable agriculture and food systems: Channeling CSR investments to promote science backed development in agriculture sector. Lakshmi Pillai, Joanna Kane-Potaka and Sreenath Dixit (2019): In: Corporate Social Responsiblity: A Development Perspective, pp. 37-44, Khama Publishers, India, 2019, ISBN: 9-788185-495552. (Type: Book Chapter | Links | BibTeX)
The progress and future of Weed Science research in the Asian-Pacific region. AN Rao and Sreenath Dixit (2019): 27th Asian Pacific Weed Science Society Conference, Sep 3-6, 2019, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 2019. (Type: Conference | Links | BibTeX)
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) P. Beauv. AN Rao, S Dixit and AS Juraimi (2019): In: Invasive Weeds of Malaysia and Their Sustainable Management, pp. 153-181, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Publisher, Malaysia, 2019. (Type: Book Chapter | Links | BibTeX)
Weather based crop advisories for climate resilience : Crop management advisories through mobile phones yield positive results for groundnut farmers in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. AVR Kesava Rao and Sreenath Dixit (2019): In: Ecologic, pp. 1-4, 2019. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Epistatic interactions of major effect drought QTLs with genetic background loci determine grain yield of rice under drought stress. S Yadav, N Sandhu, RR Majumder, S Dixit, S Kumar, SP Singh, NP Mandal, SP Das, RB Yadaw, VK Singh, P Sinha, RK Varshney and A Kumar (2019): In: Scientific Reports (TSI), 9 (1), pp. 1-13, 2019, ISSN: 2045-2322. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Biodiesel production through algal cultivation in urban wastewater using algal floway. TK Marella, A Datta, MD Patil, S Dixit and A Tiwari (2019): In: Bioresource Technology (TSI), 280 , pp. 222-228, 2019, ISSN: 09608524. (Type: Journal Article | Links | BibTeX)
Green Fodder Production: A Manual for Field Functionaries. Rathod Prakashkumar and Sreenath Dixit (Ed.) (2019): 2019. (Type: Booklet | Links | BibTeX)

2014

Soil test-based nutrient balancing improved crop productivity and rural livelihoods: case study from rainfed semi-arid tropics in Andhra Pradesh, India. Girish Chander, Suhas P.Wani, Kanwar L.Sahrawat, Sreenath Dixit, B Venkateswarlu, C Rajesh, P Narsimha Rao and G Pardhasaradhi (2014): In: Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 60 (8), pp. 1051-1066, 2014, ISSN: 0365-0340. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | BibTeX)

2013

Improved crop productivity and rural livelihoods through balanced nutrition in the rainfed semi-arid tropics. SP Wani, G Chander, KL Sahrawat, S Dixit and B Venkateswarlu (2013): International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India, (Resilient Dryland Systems Report no. 58.), 2013. (Type: Technical Report | Abstract | Links | BibTeX)

2011

Benefits from micro and secondary nutrients: Impacts on farm income and livelihoods in rainfed tribal and backward regions of Andhra Pradesh. CH Srinivasa Rao, B Venkateswarlu, SP Wani, S Dixit, KL Sahrawat and S Kundu (2011): International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Hyderabad, India, 2011. (Type: Technical Manual | Abstract | Links | BibTeX)

2010

Productivity enhancement and improved livelihoods through participatory soil fertility management in Tribal districts of Andhra Pradesh. CH Srinivasa Rao, B Venkateswarlu, SP Wani, KL Sahrawat, S Dixit, S Kundu, KG Devi, C Rajesh and G Pardasaradhi (2010): In: Indian Journal of Dryland Agriculture Research and Development, 25 (2), pp. 23–32, 2010. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | BibTeX)