Sl. No.

Project Code

Sub project title

Principal Investigators

Co-Principal Investigator

German Collaborators

Cluster A. Intensification and efficiency of resource use in production systems

1

I-A01

Soil and water quality in agricultural systems along the rural-urban interface

Dr. Nagaraju

Professor of Agronomy & Officer In-chargeAICRP on Agroforestry &Co-Ordinator, ORP on Watershed,

UASB

1. Dr.V.R. Ramakrishna Parama

Professor,

Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, UASB

Prof. Dr. A. Bürkert
Ökologischer Pflanzenbau und Agrarökosystemforschung in den Tropen und Subtropen
Universität Kassel
 

2

I-A02

Effects of agricultural water and nutrient ,management on farmers livelihoods

Dr. A. Satish

Associate professor

Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, UASB

1.Dr. Mudalagiriyappa

Professor of Agronomy

Department of Agronomy, UASB

2. Prof. B. K. Ramachandrappa,

Dept. of AICRP for Dryland Agriculture, UASB

Prof. Dr. Stephan Peth
University of Kassel, Soil Science
University of Kassel
 

3

I-A03

Mapping of bee species distribution in agriculture systems under transition

Raghavendra Bhatta

Principal Scientist (Animal Nutrition)

Department: Bioenergetics and Environmental Sciences,

National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Adugodi, Bangalore

1. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Malik

Senior Scientist, NIANP

2. Dr. Anjumoni Mech

Scientist

Department of Animal Physiology

National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology

Adugodi, Bangalore- 560 030

Prof. Dr. Eva Schlecht,

Animal Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics

Universität Kassel und Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

Prof. Dr. SvenKönig,

Animal Breeding

Universität Kassel, Germany

Cluster B : Ecology, economy, and service exchanges

4

I-B01.1
 

Mapping of bee species distribution in agriculture systems under transition
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Delineating social-ecological systems
and their dependence on pollination service along the rural-urban gradient
in Bangalore

Dr. M. Soubadra Devy

Fellow

Department of Suri Sheghal Center for Conservation Science

ATREE

Dr. Seema Purushothaman

Professor

Department of Ecological Economics

Azim Premji University Bangalore

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Wiegand
Ecosystem Modelling
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany

5

I-B01.2

Plant and insect diversity in agro-ecosystems along the rural-urban interface-patterns, functions and economic value of the agro-biodiversity

Dr. V.V. Belavadi

Professor & Head

Department of Agricultural Entomology, UASB

1.Dr. K. Chandrashekara

Professor & Head, Department of Agricultural Entomology, UASB

2. Dr. A. S. Devakumar

Professor , Forestry and Environment Science, UASB

Prof. Dr. Teja Tscharntke,

Agrarökologie
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Germany
Dr. Ingo Grass,
Agrarökologie
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Germany

6

I-B02

Attitudes and decisions of households in the rural-urban interface: A survey and comparative analysis

Dr. M.S. Nataraju

Administrative officer

UASB

1. Dr. K.C. Lalitha

Professor , Department of Agricultural Extension UASB

2. Dr. M.T. Lakshminarayan

Department of Agricultural Extension, UASB

Prof. Dr. Meike Wollni, Internationale Agrarökonomie
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Oliver Mußhoff, Landwirtschaftliche Betriebslehre
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen,
Germany

7

I-B03

Effects of urbanization on value chains and livelihoods of farmers and other stakeholders

Nagaraja, G. N

Professor , Dept. of AgMaco& BM, UASB

1. Dr. M. N. Venkataramana

Associate Professor, Department of Agril. Economics, UASB

2. Dr. Mamatha Girish

Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Agriculture College, VC Farm, Mandya

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Brümmer, Landwirtschaftliche Marktlehre, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
 

Cluster C : Patterns of land use, social fabric, and consumption

8

I-C01
 

Integrating air- and space-borne spectroscopy and laser scanning to assess structural and functional characteristics of crops and field margin vegetation

Dr. Rama Rao Nidamanuri Associate Professor (Remote Sensing & Image Processing)

Department of Earth and Space Sciences

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Trivandrum

1.Dr. Sunil Nautiyal

Professor

Department of Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources

Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore

2. Mrs. Ramiya A.M.

Lecturer

Department: Department of Earth and Space Sciences

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Trivandrum

Prof. Dr. Michael Wachendorf, Grünlandwissenschaft und Nachwachsende Rohstoffe
Universität Kassel,

Witzenhausen, Germany
 

9

I-C02
 

Spatio-temporal land use patterns and the relationship between green areas and biophysical and socio-economic features

Dr. B.N. Divakara

Scientist – D

Department of Forest Biometry Division

Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bangalore

Dr. V.P. Tewari

Director

Himalayan Forest Research Institute

Shimla

Prof. Dr. Christoph Kleinn, 19.02.1960, German
Waldinventur und Fernerkundung
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Büsgenweg 5, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
 

10

I-C03
 

Ecosystem services, agricultural diversification, and smallholders' livelihoods
in the rural-urban interface of Bangalore

Dr. Seema Purushothaman

Professor

Department of Ecological Economics

Azim Premji University Bangalore

Dr.Soubadra Devy M.,

Fellow

Suri Sheghal Center for Conservation Science

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Bangalore 560064, India

Prof. Dr. Graeme S. Cumming
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University
Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
Phone: 0061 74781 4000
Email: gscumming@gmail.com

11

I-C04

Urbanization effects on consumption pattern, dietary diversification and human nutritional status in Bangalore

Dr.Vijayalakshmi D.

Professor, Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition,UASB

Dr. Geetha

Professor, Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, UASB

Prof. Dr. Christoph Dittrich, Geographisches Institut, Abteilung Humangeographie
Universität Göttingen, Germany

12

I-C05

Food insecurity at different stages of urbanization

Dr. K.B. Umesh

Professor and Head, Department of Agricultural Economics , UASB

Dr. B.V. Chinnappa Reddy

Professor and University Head, Department of Agricultural Economics , UASB

Prof. Dr. Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
Agrarpolitik
Georg-August Universität Göttingen,
Göttingen, Germany
E-mail: scramon@gwdg.de

Prof. Dr. Stephan Klasen
Volkswirtschaftstheorie und Entwicklungsökonomik
Georg-August Universität Göttingen,Göttingen, Germany
E-mail: sklasen@uni-goettingen.de

13

I-Coord

Coordination of Indian partner projects

Prof.Dr. B.V. Chinnappa Reddy, Professor and University Head of Agricultural Economics

University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

GKVK, Bangalore 560065, India

1.Dr. K.N. Ganeshaiah, Professor

Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, UASB

2.Dr. RaghavendrraBhat, Director

National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology (NIANP) Hosur Rd, Gajendra Nagar, Adugodi, Bangalore

Prof. Dr. Andreas Bürkert, 29.08.1961, German

ÖkologischerPflanzenbau und Agrarökosystemforschung in den Tropen und Subtropen

Universität Kassel

Steinstr. 19, 37213 Witzenhausen, Germany

Prof. Dr. Stephan vonCramon-Taubadel, 06.01.1962, German, Canadian

Agrarpolitik, UniversitätGöttingen

Platz der GöttingerSieben 5

37073 Göttingen, Germany