Ranganath Lacksmaiah
Research assistant
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Policy
University of Giessen
Germany
Biography
2012-2013: Research Associate in Changing Consumption Pattern in India: Opportunities for Diversification towards High Value Commodities through Production and Marketing Linkages at Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore 560072, India. 2011-2012: Research Associate in Special Scheme on cost of cultivation of Arecanut in Karnataka at Department of economics University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore 560065, India. 2009 – 2011: Masters of Science in Agriculture Economics at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641003, India; Masters Research: “An Economic Analysis of Transaction Cost in Tank Irrigation Management in Kolar District of Karnataka”. 2005 – 2009: Bachelors of Science in Agriculture at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore 560065, India; Project in Bachelors: Rural Agricultural Work Experience Program: Three months hands on experience in farms at Hulikunte, Bengaluru rural, Karnataka, India.
Research Interest
Dynamic Optimization of Diversification through Crop Rotation for Sustainable Agriculture in Semi-Arid Regions of Karnataka, India
Publications
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Ranganath, L., Bruhan, K. and Yashoda, Y., 2014. Is Devolution Sufficient for Effective Institutional Performance of Participatory Irrigation Management? A Closer Look at Water Users' Groups in Tanks Irrigation in South India, in: Tropentag, September 17-19, 2014, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Chandrakanth, M. G., L., Ranganath and T.N. Prakash(2012) Rice factor productivity in India : Economic implications, National Seminar on the Present Situation & Prospects of Rice Production in India, Bangalore on August 3, 2012.
