Overview
Background
A/Professor Sudhir Yadav leads research on sustainable agri-food systems at the Centre of Crop Science of the Queensland Alliance of Agriculture and Food Innovation. His research focuses on sustainability indicators, traceability standards, life cycle assessment, functional biomass research, and promoting sustainable farming practices to enhance environmental stewardship and resource-use efficiency. Prior to joining UQ, A/Prof Yadav worked for the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines, where he conducted basic, strategic, and applied research on irrigation management, monitoring environmental pollution, mixed farming systems, sustainability metrics and framework.
Availability
- Associate Professor Sudhir Yadav is:
- Available for supervision
Research interests
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Sustainability assessment, life cycle assessment, Farming systems, Functional biomass research, GHG emissions, Data analytics
Works
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2022
Journal Article
Determinants in the adoption of alternate wetting and drying technique for rice production in a gravity surface irrigation system in the Philippines
Samoy-Pascual, Kristine, Yadav, Sudhir, Evangelista, Gio, Burac, Mary Ann, Rafael, Marvelin, Cabangon, Romeo, Tokida, Takeshi, Mizoguchi, Masaru and Regalado, Manuel Jose (2022). Determinants in the adoption of alternate wetting and drying technique for rice production in a gravity surface irrigation system in the Philippines. Water, 14 (1) 5, 1-15. doi: 10.3390/w14010005
2021
Journal Article
Response and resilience of Asian agrifood systems to COVID-19: An assessment across twenty-five countries and four regional farming and food systems
Dixon, John M., Weerahewa, Jeevika, Hellin, Jon, Rola-Rubzen, Maria Fay, Huang, Jikun, Kumar, Shalander, Das, Anup, Qureshi, Muhammad Ejaz, Krupnik, Timothy J., Shideed, Kamil, Jat, Mangi L., Prasad, P.V. Vara, Yadav, Sudhir, Irshad, Aamer, Asanaliev, Abdybek, Abugalieva, Aigul, Karimov, Aziz, Bhattarai, Basundhara, Balgos, Carol Q., Benu, Fred, Ehara, Hiroshi, Pant, Jharendu, Sarmiento, Jon M.P., Newby, Jonathan C., Pretty, Jules, Tokuda, Hiromi, Weyerhaeuser, Horst, Digal, Larry N., Li, Lingling ... Timsina, Jagadish (2021). Response and resilience of Asian agrifood systems to COVID-19: An assessment across twenty-five countries and four regional farming and food systems. Agricultural Systems, 193 103168, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103168
2021
Journal Article
Land gradient and configuration effects on yield, irrigation amount and irrigation water productivity in rice-wheat and maize-wheat cropping systems in Eastern India
Devkota, Krishna Prasad, Yadav, Sudhir, Humphreys, E., Kumar, Akhilesh, Kumar, Pankaj, Kumar, Virender, Malik, R. K. and Srivastava, Amit K. (2021). Land gradient and configuration effects on yield, irrigation amount and irrigation water productivity in rice-wheat and maize-wheat cropping systems in Eastern India. Agricultural Water Management, 255 107036. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107036
2021
Journal Article
Disentangling challenges to scaling alternate wetting and drying technology for rice cultivation: distilling lessons from 20 years of experience in the Philippines
Enriquez, Yuji, Yadav, Sudhir, Evangelista, Gio Karlo, Villanueva, Donald, Burac, Mary Ann and Pede, Valerien (2021). Disentangling challenges to scaling alternate wetting and drying technology for rice cultivation: distilling lessons from 20 years of experience in the Philippines. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5 675818, 1-16. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.675818
2021
Journal Article
Effects of tillage and mulch on soil evaporation in a dry seeded rice-wheat cropping system
Naveen-Gupta, , Humphreys, E., Eberbach, P. L., Balwinder-Singh, , Sudhir-Yadav, and Kukal, S. S. (2021). Effects of tillage and mulch on soil evaporation in a dry seeded rice-wheat cropping system. Soil & Tillage Research, 209 104976, 104976. doi: 10.1016/j.still.2021.104976
2021
Journal Article
Crop diversification in rice-based systems in the polders of Bangladesh: Yield stability, profitability, and associated risk
Assefa, Yared, Yadav, Sudhir, Mondal, Manoranjan K., Bhattacharya, Jayanta, Parvin, Rokhsana, Sarker, Shilpi R., Rahman, Mahabubur, Sutradhar, Asish, Prasad, P. V. Vara, Bhandari, Humnath, Shew, Aaron M. and Jagadish, S. V. Krishna (2021). Crop diversification in rice-based systems in the polders of Bangladesh: Yield stability, profitability, and associated risk. Agricultural Systems, 187 102986. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102986
2020
Journal Article
Maintaining diversity of integrated rice and fish production confers adaptability of food systems to global change
Freed, Sarah, Barman, Benoy, Dubois, Mark, Flor, Rica Joy, Funge-Smith, Simon, Gregory, Rick, Hadi, Buyung A. R., Halwart, Matthias, Haque, Mahfuzul, Jagadish, S. V. Krishna, Joffre, Olivier M., Karim, Manjurul, Kura, Yumiko, McCartney, Matthew, Mondal, Manoranjan, Nguyen, Van Kien, Sinclair, Fergus, Stuart, Alexander M., Tezzo, Xavier, Yadav, Sudhir and Cohen, Philippa J. (2020). Maintaining diversity of integrated rice and fish production confers adaptability of food systems to global change. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4 576179, 1-17. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2020.576179
2020
Journal Article
Why technologies often fail to scale: policy and market failures behind limited scaling of alternate wetting and drying in rice in Bangladesh
Pandey, Sushil, Yadav, Sudhir, Hellin, Jon, Balie, Jean, Bhandari, Humnath, Kumar, Arvind and Mondal, Manoranjan K. (2020). Why technologies often fail to scale: policy and market failures behind limited scaling of alternate wetting and drying in rice in Bangladesh. Water, 12 (5) 1510, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/w12051510
2020
Journal Article
Trans-Disciplinary Responses to Climate Change: Lessons from Rice-Based Systems in Asia
Hellin, Jon, Balie, Jean, Fisher, Eleanor, Kohli, Ajay, Connor, Melanie, Yadav, Sudhir, Kumar, Virender, Krupnik, Timothy J., Sander, Bjoern Ole, Cobb, Joshua, Nelson, Katherine, Setiyono, Tri, Puskur, Ranjitha, Chivenge, Pauline and Gummert, Martin (2020). Trans-Disciplinary Responses to Climate Change: Lessons from Rice-Based Systems in Asia. Climate, 8 (2), 35. doi: 10.3390/cli8020035
2020
Journal Article
Assessing alternative crop establishment methods with a sustainability lens in rice production systems of Eastern India
Devkota, Krishna Prasad, Yadav, Sudhir, Khanda, C. M., Beebout, Sarah J., Mohapatra, Bidhan K., Singleton, Grant R. and Puskur, Ranjitha (2020). Assessing alternative crop establishment methods with a sustainability lens in rice production systems of Eastern India. Journal of Cleaner Production, 244 118835. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118835
2019
Journal Article
Community water management to intensify agricultural productivity in the polders of the coastal zone of Bangladesh
Yadav, Sudhir, Mondal, Manoranjan K., Shew, Aaron, Jagadish, S. V. Krishna, Khan, Zahirul Haque, Sutradhar, Asish, Bhandari, Humnath, Humphreys, Elizabeth, Bhattacharya, Jayanta, Parvin, Rokhsana, Rahman, Mahabubur and Chandna, Parvesh (2019). Community water management to intensify agricultural productivity in the polders of the coastal zone of Bangladesh. Paddy and Water Environment, 18 (2), 331-343. doi: 10.1007/s10333-019-00785-4
2019
Journal Article
Estimating soil evaporation in dry seeded rice and wheat crops after wetting events
Naveen-Gupta, , Eberbach, P. L., Humphreys, E., Singh, Balwinder, Yadav, Sudhir and Kukal, S. S. (2019). Estimating soil evaporation in dry seeded rice and wheat crops after wetting events. Agricultural Water Management, 217, 98-106. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2019.02.037
2019
Journal Article
New records of very high nitrous oxide fluxes from rice cannot be generalized for water management and climate impacts
Wassmann, Reiner, Sander, Bjoern Ole, Yadav, Sudhir, Bouman, Bas, Singleton, Grant, Stuart, Alexander, Hellin, Jonathan, Johnson, David, Hughes, Jacqueline, Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus, Kiese, Ralf, Kraus, David, Janz, Baldur, Linquist, Bruce, Gaihre, Yam Kanta, Chirinda, Ngonidzashe and Wollenberg, Eva (2019). New records of very high nitrous oxide fluxes from rice cannot be generalized for water management and climate impacts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (5), 1464-1465. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1817694116
2019
Conference Publication
Irrigation advisory service: A comprehensive solution toward sustainable water management for rice production in the Philippines
Regalado, Manuel Jose C., Yadav, Sudhir, Samoy-Pascual, Kristine, De Dios, Jovino L., Evangelista, Gio Karlo, Rafael, Marvelin L., Dorado, Jade and Cabangon, Romeo J. (2019). Irrigation advisory service: A comprehensive solution toward sustainable water management for rice production in the Philippines. 2019 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Boston, MA United States, 7-10 July 2019. St. Joseph, MI United States: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. doi: 10.13031/aim.201900677
2018
Journal Article
Productivity trade-off with different water regimes and genotypes of rice under non-puddled conditions in Eastern India
Kar, Ipsita, Sudhir-Yadav, Mishra, Amit, Behera, Basudev, Khanda, Chandramani, Kumar, Virender and Kumar, Ashok (2018). Productivity trade-off with different water regimes and genotypes of rice under non-puddled conditions in Eastern India. Field Crops Research, 222, 218-229. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2017.10.007
2018
Journal Article
Comparison of dry seeded and puddled transplanted rainy season rice on the High Ganges River Floodplain of Bangladesh
Alam, M. Jahangir, Humphreys, E., Sarkar, M. A. R. and Sudhir-Yadav (2018). Comparison of dry seeded and puddled transplanted rainy season rice on the High Ganges River Floodplain of Bangladesh. European Journal of Agronomy, 96, 120-130. doi: 10.1016/j.eja.2018.03.006
2017
Journal Article
A global analysis of alternative tillage and crop establishment practices for economically and environmentally efficient rice production
Chakraborty, Debashis, Ladha, Jagdish Kumar, Rana, Dharamvir Singh, Jat, Mangi Lal, Gathala, Mahesh Kumar, Yadav, Sudhir, Rao, Adusumilli Narayana, Ramesha, Mugadoli S. and Raman, Anitha (2017). A global analysis of alternative tillage and crop establishment practices for economically and environmentally efficient rice production. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 9342. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-09742-9
2017
Journal Article
Intensification and diversification increase land and water productivity and profitability of rice-based cropping systems on the High Ganges River Floodplain of Bangladesh
Alam, M. Jahangir, Humphreys, E., Sarkar, M. A. R. and Sudhir-Yadav (2017). Intensification and diversification increase land and water productivity and profitability of rice-based cropping systems on the High Ganges River Floodplain of Bangladesh. Field Crops Research, 209, 10-26. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2017.04.008
2017
Journal Article
Drought Stress Reduces Grain Yield by Altering Floral Meristem Development and Sink Size under Dry-Seeded Rice Cultivation
Quinones, Cherryl, Mattes, Nico, Faronilo, James, Sudhir-Yadav and Jagadish, Krishna S. V. (2017). Drought Stress Reduces Grain Yield by Altering Floral Meristem Development and Sink Size under Dry-Seeded Rice Cultivation. Crop Science, 57 (4), 2098-2108. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2016.09.0736
2017
Book Chapter
Growing rice in eastern India: new paradigms of risk reduction and improving productivity
Yadav, Sudhir-, Kumar, Virender, Singh, Sudhanshu, Kumar, Rapolu M., Sharma, Sheetal, Tripathi, Rahul, Nayak, Amaresh K. and Ladha, J. K. (2017). Growing rice in eastern India: new paradigms of risk reduction and improving productivity. The future rice strategy for India. (pp. 221-258) London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-805374-4.00008-7
Supervision
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Available projects
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Analytical Methods for Quantifying Sustainability in the Grains Industry
The project aims to develop standardised analytical approaches and methodologies to integrate BMP data, ensuring data consistency and accuracy in sustainability reporting. It will design and validate key sustainability indicators for the grains industry using machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques
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