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Dr. Vinaya Kumar Hebsale Mallappa is an Assistant Professor of Agricultural Extension and Communication at the Anand Agricultural University, Anand, India. He received his doctorate in Agricultural Extension from University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, with ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship and secured four university gold medal. His recent publications are 'Predictive factors to avoid farming as a livelihood' (Journal of Economic Structures, 2019), 'Impact of rainfall variability and trend on rice yield in Coastal Karnataka' (Journal of Agrometeorology, 2017) and 'Assessing decision-making and economic performance of farmers to manage climate-induced crisis in Coastal Karnataka' (Climatic Change, 2017). His research interests include the climate induced crisis management, surface and groundwater management, food and nutritional security and sustainable development.



Dr. Mahantesh Shirur is working as Dy. Director (Agricultural Extension) at National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad. He is looking after the Center for Agriculture Extension Policy, PPP in Extension and International Center for Excellence in Agricultural Extension at MANAGE. Prior to joining MANAGE, Dr. Mahantesh Shirur was working as scientist (Agricultural Extension) at ICAR -Directorate of Mushroom Research, Solan and ICAR -Indian Institute of Soil and Water conservation, RC, Ballari. He has expertise on transfer of technology, impact assessment, on-farm trials and ICT application in agriculture. His contribution in the development of digital content and video documentaries on mushroom cultivation are popular as learning and teaching aids. He worked on developing and standardising the training modules on mushroom cultivation technology at ICAR-DMR, Solan, India. He has authored 30 research papers, 2 reports, 1 book, 7 popular articles, 4 book chapters and many conference proceedings. Dr. Mahantesh Shirur was the Program Director of the