Sheetal Sharma
International Rice Research Institute, India
Biography
Sheetal Sharma is a Soil Scientist at International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). She works as an integral part of IRRI Rice Crop Manager Team. She leads the initiatives in South Asia to transform the provision of information to farmers and, to make site-specific recommendations available to small farmers. She majorly works on combining detailed information on crop performance with innovative knowledge transfer approaches and the development of ICT-based decision-support tools suited to extension workers and farmers using mobile applications or computers. The work has targeted small-scale farmers in India, and these applications are enabling farmers to improve the profitability of rice through more timely and accurate crop management. Decision tools have received government endorsement and are now adopted at State level. She is also actively involved in capacity development of local scientists and scholars. She has authored and co-authored more than 20 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals/book chapters.
Abstract
Abstract : Catering to high variability and climate change: What next in site specific nutrient management?