Murali Krishna Gumma

Murali Krishna Gumma is Head of Remote Sensing/Geographic Information System unit and Senior Scientist – GIS/Geospatial science with ICRISAT, working across Asia and Africa. Prior to this, he was a Remote Sensing Specialist and PDF at IRRI and a project scientist with IWMI. Murali Krishna has over 24 years’ experience in remote sensing and geographic information systems and their application to agriculture, wetlands, river basin management, natural resource management, water resources, forests, sustainable development, and environmental studies. His work experience spans over 30 countries spread across Asia and Africa. He is currently working on seasonally updated information on dryland cereals and legumes agro-ecologies; characterization of abiotic and biotic stresses in major dryland cereal growing areas; developing the spatial model for selecting best sites for legume cultivation in rice-fallows; estimating the area of adoption of short duration legumes (drought resistance); and impact assessment and supporting multidisciplinary teams across ICRISAT using multi-resolution remote sensing and GIS spatial modelling.