Associate Professor Sudhir Yadav
Senior Principal Research Fellow
Centre for Crop Science
+61 7 334 62199
Researcher biography
A/Prof 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 major areas of expertise encompass sustainability assessment of Agrisystems, climate change, integrated water management and system agronomy. 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 to unravel insights and develop water-smart technologies, monitoring environmental pollution, mixed farming systems, sustainability metrics and engage in policy dialogues to improve the sustainability of agri-food systems.
Book Chapters
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
Cabangon, Romeo Jariel, Yadav, Sudhir and Lampayan, R. M. (2016). Water-saving technologies for rice production under water-scarce conditions. Water in agriculture. (pp. 103-126) edited by Stephen J. Banta. Los Baños, Philippines: The Asia Rice Foundation - Philippines.
Sudhir-Yadav, Balwinder-Singh, Humphreys, Elizabeth and Kukal, Surinder Singh (2013). Effective Management of Scarce Water Resources in North-West India. Agricultural Sustainability: Progress and Prospects in Crop Research. (pp. 103-125) edited by Bhullar, GS and Bhullar, NK. San Diego, CA United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-404560-6.00006-X
Humphreys, E., Kukal, S. S., Christen, E. W., Hira, G. S., Balwinder-Singh, , Sudhir-Yadav and Sharma, R. K. (2010). Halting the groundwater decline in north-west India—which crop technologies will be winners?. Advances in Agronomy. (pp. 155-217) edited by Donald L. Sparks. Maryland Heights, MO, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385040-9.00005-0
Journal Articles
Mohapatra, Suchismita, Rout, Kumbha Karna, Khanda, Chandramani, Mishra, Amit, Yadav, Sudhir, Padbhushan, Rajeev, Mishra, Ajay Kumar and Sharma, Sheetal (2023). Evaluation of Different Potassium Management Options under Prevailing Dry and Wet Seasons in Puddled, Transplanted Rice. Sustainability, 15 (7) 5819, 5819. doi: 10.3390/su15075819
Jayasiri, M.M.J.G.C.N., Dayawansa, N.D.K. and Yadav, Sudhir (2023). Assessing the roles of farmer organizations for effective agricultural water management in Sri Lanka. Agricultural Systems, 205 103587, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103587
Ahmed, Zobaer, Shew, Aaron M., Mondal, Manoranjan K., Yadav, Sudhir, Jagadish, S. V. Krishna, Prasad, P. V. Vara, Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Das, Mahanambrota and Bakuluzzaman, Mustafa (2022). Climate risk perceptions and perceived yield loss increases agricultural technology adoption in the polder areas of Bangladesh. Journal of Rural Studies, 94, 274-286. doi: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2022.06.008
Carcedo, Ana J. P., Bastos, Leonardo M., Yadav, Sudhir, Mondal, Manoranjan K., Jagadish, S. V. Krishna, Kamal, Farhana A., Sutradhar, Asish, Prasad, P. V. Vara and Ciampitti, Ignacio (2022). Assessing impact of salinity and climate scenarios on dry season field crops in the coastal region of Bangladesh. Agricultural Systems, 200 103428, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103428
Mondal, Manoranjan K., Yadav, Sudhir, Baidya, Bishwajit, Khan, Zahirul H., Sutradhar, Asish, Humphreys, Elizabeth, Kamal, Farhana A. and Jagadish, S. V. Krishna (2022). Evaluation of gravity-led and energy-fed drainage for sustaining food security in the polders of the coastal zone of Bangladesh. Irrigation and Drainage, 71 (S1), 86-99. doi: 10.1002/ird.2698
Jayasiri, Maveekumbure Manthreethilaka Jayasiri Gamaralalage Chathuri Nishanka, Yadav, Sudhir, Dayawansa, Nandani Dhammika Kumari and Ingold, Karin (2022). Managing agricultural water resources: addressing the complexity of innovation, social perspectives, and water governance in Sri Lanka. Irrigation and Drainage, 71 (S1), 71-85. doi: 10.1002/ird.2693
Jayasiri, Maveekumbure M. J. G. C. N., Yadav, Sudhir, Propper, Catherine R., Kumar, Virender, Dayawansa, Nandani D. K. and Singleton, Grant R. (2022). Assessing Potential Environmental Impacts of Pesticide Usage in Paddy Ecosystems: A Case Study in the Deduru Oya River Basin, Sri Lanka. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 41 (2), 343-355. doi: 10.1002/etc.5261
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
Devkota, Krishna Prasad, Beebout, Sarah E. J., Sudhir-Yadav, and Bunquin, Michelle Anne (2022). Setting sustainability targets for irrigated rice production and application of the Sustainable Rice Platform performance indicators. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 92 106697, 106697. doi: 10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106697
Jayasiri, M. M. J. G. C. N., Yadav, Sudhir, Dayawansa, N. D. K., Propper, Catherine R., Kumar, Virender and Singleton, Grant R. (2021). Spatio-temporal analysis of water quality for pesticides and other agricultural pollutants in Deduru Oya river basin of Sri Lanka. Journal of Cleaner Production, 330 129897, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129897
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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). doi: 10.3390/cli8020035
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Naveen-Gupta, Sudhir-Yadav, Humphreys, E., Kukal, S. S., Balwinder-Singh and Eberbach, P. L. (2016). Effects of tillage and mulch on the growth, yield and irrigation water productivity of a dry seeded rice-wheat cropping system in north-west India. Field Crops Research, 196, 219-236. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2016.07.005
Balwinder-Singh, Humphreys, E., Gaydon, D. S. and Sudhir-Yadav (2015). Options for increasing the productivity of the rice-wheat system of north west India while reducing groundwater depletion. Part 2. Is conservation agriculture the answer?. Field Crops Research, 173, 81-94. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.11.019
Balwinder-Singh, Humphreys, E., Sudhir-Yadav and Gaydon, D. S. (2015). Options for increasing the productivity of the rice-wheat system of north-west India while reducing groundwater depletion. Part 1. Rice variety duration, sowing date and inclusion of mungbean. Field Crops Research, 173, 68-80. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.11.018
Chauhan, Bhagirath Singh, Awan, Tahir Hussain, Abugho, Seth Bernard, Evengelista, Gio and Sudhir-Yadav (2015). Effect of crop establishment methods and weed control treatments onweed management, and rice yield. Field Crops Research, 172 (1), 72-84. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.12.011
Sudhir-Yadav, Evangelista, Gio, Fardnilo, Jaime, Humphreys, Elizabeth, Henry, Amelia and Fernandez, Luzviminda (2014). Establishment method effects on crop performance and water productivity of irrigated rice in the tropics. Field Crops Research, 166, 112-127. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.06.001
Sudhir-Yadav, Humphreys, E., Li, Tao, Gill, Gurjeet and Kukal, S. S. (2012). Evaluation of tradeoffs in land and water productivity of dry seeded rice as affected by irrigation schedule. Field Crops Research, 128, 180-190. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.01.005
Yadav, Sudhir, Li, Tao, Humphreys, E., Gill, Gurjeet and Kukal, S. S. (2011). Evaluation and application of ORYZA2000 for irrigation scheduling of puddled transplanted rice in north west India. Field Crops Research, 122 (2), 104-117. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.03.004
Sudhir-Yadav, Gill, Gurjeet, Humphreys, E., Kukal, S. S. and Walia, U. S. (2011). Effect of water management on dry seeded and puddled transplanted rice. Part 1: Crop performance. Field Crops Research, 120 (1), 112-122. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.09.002
Sudhir-Yadav, Humphreys, E., Kukal, S. S., Gill, Gurjeet and Rangarajan, R. (2011). Effect of water management on dry seeded and puddled transplanted rice Part 2: Water balance and water productivity. Field Crops Research, 120 (1), 123-132. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.09.003
Chauhan, S.K., Gupta, N., Walia, R., Yadav, S., Chauhan, R. and Mangat, P.S. (2011). Biomass and carbon sequestration potential of poplar-wheat inter-cropping system in irrigated agro-ecosystem in India. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, A1, 575-586.
Kukal, S. S., Sudhir-Yadav, Humphreys, E., Amanpreet-Kaur, Yadvinder-Singh, Thaman, S., Singh, B. and Timsina, J. (2010). Factors affecting irrigation water savings in raised beds in rice and wheat. Field Crops Research, 118 (1), 43-50. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.04.003
Chauhan, Sanjeev K., Sharma, S. C., Beri, V., Ritu, , Yadav, S. and Gupta, N. (2010). Yield and carbon sequestration potential of wheat (Triticum aestivum) -poplar (Populus deltoides) based agri-silvicultural system. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 80 (2), 129-135.
Singh, Yadvinder, Humphreys, E., Kukal, S. S., Singh, B., Kaur, Amanpreet, Thaman, S., Prashar, A., Yadav, S., Timsina, J., Dhillon, S. S., Kaur, N., Smith, D. J. and Gajri, P. R. (2009). Crop performance in permanent raised bed rice-wheat cropping system in Punjab, India. Field Crops Research, 110 (1), 1-20. doi: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.06.009
Chauhan, Sanjeev K., Gupta, Naveen, Yadav, Sudhir and Chauhan, Rajni (2009). Biomass and carbon allocation in different parts of agroforestry tree species.. The Indian Forester, 135 (7), 981-993.
Kukal, S. S., Yadav, S., Kaur, A. and Singh, Y. (2009). Performance of rice (Oryza sativa) and wheat (Triticum aestivum) on raised beds in farmers' scale field plots. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 79 (1), 75-77.
Kukal, S. S., Singh, Yadvinder, Yadav, Sudhir, Humphreys, E., Kaur, Amanpreet and Thaman, S. (2008). Why grain yield of transplanted rice on permanent raised beds declines with time?. Soil & Tillage Research, 99 (2), 261-267. doi: 10.1016/j.still.2008.03.005
Yadav, Sudhir, Gill, M. S. and Kukal, S. S. (2007). Performance of direct-seeded basmati rice in loamy sand in semi-arid sub-tropical India. Soil & Tillage Research, 97 (2), 229-238. doi: 10.1016/j.still.2007.09.019
Conference Papers
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
Humphreys, E. , Kukal, S. S. , Amanpreet-Kaur, Thaman, Sudhir , Yadav, Sudhir , Yadvinder-Singh, Balwinder-Singh, Timsina, J. , Dhillon, S. S. , Prashar, A. and Smith, D. J. (2008). Permanent beds for rice–wheat systems in Punjab, India. 2: water balance and soil water dynamics. Permanent beds and rice-residue management for rice-wheat systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plain, Ludhiana, India, 7-9 September 2006. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Kukal, S. S., Humphreys, E., Yadvinder-Singh, Balwinder-Singh, Yadav, S., Amanpreet-Kaur, Thaman, S., Timsina, J., Dhillon, S. S., Brar, N. K., Prashar, A. and Smith, D. J. (2008). Permanent beds for rice-wheat in Punjab, India. 1: Crop performance. Permanent beds and rice-residue management for rice-wheat systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plain , Ludhiana, India, 7-9 September 2006. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.
Working Papers
Nelson, Katherine M., Sander, Bjoern Ole, Yen, Bui Tan, Yadav, Sudhir and Laporte, Alice (2022). Monitoring, reporting, and verification framework for rice production aligned with Paris Agreement transparency guidelines. International Rice Research Institute.
Flor, R. J., Cook, S., Limlengco, M. and Yadav, S. (2022). Toolkit for facilitating learning alliance and other multi-stakeholder platforms. International Rice Research Institute.