Welcome to Agri Vision-2026
Dr. P.V. Vara Prasad is a Distinguished Professor, R.O. Kruse Endowed Professor, and Director of Feed the Future Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab at Kansas State University. He obtained his BS and MS degrees from Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University in India, and Ph.D. from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom.
He is passionate about international research and education. He has several on-going international research programs in Africa (Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Kenya) and Asia (India, Philippines) focusing on soil, water, nutrient and crop management practices, and stress tolerance for improving crop productivity. Dr. Prasad has published more than 100 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and served as a peer reviewer for more 35 different international journals. He currently serves on editorial boards of international journals including Crop Science, Agronomy Journal and Journal of Crop Improvement.
His research focuses on understanding the responses of crops to changing environments and developing best management strategies to improve and protect yields. He has active research, education, and outreach activities around the world. He is enthusiastic about human and institutional capacity building, and empowering producers and consumers to improve their lives and livelihood. He has published >390 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.
He teaches two graduate level courses: Crop Physiology; and Advanced Crop Ecology. He has graduated 6 doctoral and 5 master students, and trained more than 30 international scholars. He is among the top 1% of highly cited and influential scholars around the world. His research has been cited >24,000 times with an h-index 81. He is an active member of Soil Science Society of America, and International Society for Agricultural Meteorology, American Society of Agronomy; the Crop Science Society of America; and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a former member of the International Commission on Sustainable Agricultural Intensification, and former President of the Crop Science Society of America.