Site-specific nutrient management: Its evolution and dissemination in South Asia (Webinar session 6)

Abstract

The TAFSSA CGIAR Initiative is hosting a series of webinars to highlight research from South Asia on food security, sustainable healthy diets, farmer livelihoods and resilience, and land, air, and groundwater conservation. For the sixth webinar on September 27, Dr. Kaushik Majumdar, Director General, African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI), will present. Dr. Majumdar, a native of India, obtained his M.Sc. degree in Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science from BCKV University, India. He received his Ph.D. in Soil Mineralogy/Soil Chemistry from Rutgers University, USA. Dr. Majumdar has worked as a Soil Mineralogist at the Potash Research Institute of India (PRII), and later, as the Deputy Director of Eastern India and Bangladesh for the Potash & Phosphate Institute of Canada-India Programme; and as the Director, South Asia Program of International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI).