Introduction of Staff

Vinay NANGIA

Cross-appointment

Senior Agricultural Hydrologist of International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Specially Appointed Professor

Vinay NANGIA, PhD

Academic Title

PhD in Agriculture

Email

v.nangia@tottori-u.ac.jp

Resources

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Research Interests : Agriculture water management

Dr.Vinay Nangia is a Research Team Leader - Soil, Water, and Agronomy at ICARDA,and an adjunct faculty at the Texas A&M University (USA). He received hisPh.D. in Water Resources Science and two M.S. degrees - one in Biosystems &Agricultural Engineering and another in Geographic Information Science - allfrom the University of Minnesota (USA) and started his career as apost-doctoral fellow at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in2005.

Inhis 17-year professional career, he has made significant contributions toirrigation and water management in arid agricultural regions in Africa andAsia. His leadership and team-building skills have helped solve complexchallenges to food security and water resource management posed by climatechange. His work has been supported by US$ 22 million of grant support fromvarious donors such as Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD),Common Fund for Commodities (CFC), Food and Agriculture Organization of theUnited Nations (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), United States Agency forInternational Development (USAID), World Bank and bilateral funding from thegovernments of China, Egypt, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Iran andIndia. He has conducted multidisciplinary projects in many large basins of theworld such as the Mississippi River Basin in the USA, Syr Darya and Amu DaryaRiver Basins in Central Asia, South Nation River Basin and Saskatchewan RiverBasin in Canada and Yellow River Basin in China. At ICARDA, he is a core memberof senior management teams assessing water-use efficiency, natural resourcemanagement, soil-water balance, irrigation and drainage performance diagnoses,evaluation of water saving/conservation options, GIS applications in hydrologyand natural resources management, land degradation, valuation of ecosystemservices and managing projects, capacity building, client interactions andcommunication of results at a range of levels. He has published 65peer-reviewed scientific articles in high-impact journals and 40 bookchapter/conference proceedings. He maintains links with education, serving asan academic advisor to graduate students, conducting training workshops andserving on editorial boards of reputed scientific publications.

Education and Professional Experience

■ Education

Ph.D., Water Resources Science, University of Minnesota, USA, 2005
M.G.I.S., Geographic Information Science, University of Minnesota, USA, 2006
M.S., Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering, University of Minnesota, USA, 2001
B. Tech. (Cum laude), Agricultural Engineering, Gujarat Agriculture University, India, 1998
Outstanding Alumnus Award, 2006

Professional Experience

Integrated Water and Land Management Program, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria (Jul, 2011-Feb, 2012), Amman, Jordan (Mar, 2012-Jun, 2016), Rabat, Morocco (July, 2016-present)

Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Department of Ecosystems Science and Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA (5 year appointment: June, 2015-present)

Associate Professor, International Platform for Dryland Research and Education (IPDRE), Tottori University, Tottori, Japan (Jan, 2016-present)

NSERC Visiting Fellow, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (April 2010-June 2011)
Research Associate and Project Leader, Geography Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (May 2008-May 2009)

Post-doctoral Fellow (Irrigation), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Sri Lanka (Dec 2005-April 2008)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Institute of Soil & Water Conservation, Chinese Academy of Science, Yangling, Shaanxi, China (July 2007-June 2011)

Recent Publications

SELECTED REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS (student names are marked by asterisks)

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Weiping, H., H. Li, Q. Liu, D. Gong, L. Mao, V. Nangia, R. Guo, X. Li, and X. Mei. 201_. Effects of drip fertigation on crop yield and nitrogen-use efficiency of a wheat-maize cropping system in the North China Plain. Field Crop Res. Manuscript No. FIELD-D-16-00964. In review.

Karam, F., and V. Nangia. 2016. Improving water productivity in semi-arid environments through regulated deficit irrigation – case studies from Lebanon. Special Issue: Annals of Arid Zone.In press.

Nangia, V., and N.D. Yadava. 2016. Editorial: Improving water productivity in dry areas. Annals of Arid Zone. In press.

Volk, M., D. Bosch,V. Nangia, and B. Narasimhan. 2016. Editorial: SWAT: Agricultural water and nonpoint source pollution management at a watershed scale. Agric. Water Manage. 175(2016):1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2016.06.013.

Gowda, P.H., T.A. Howell, R.L. Baumhardt, D.O. Porter, T.H. Marek, and V. Nangia. 2016. A user-friendly interactive tool for estimating reference ET using ASCE-EWRI standardized Penman-Monteith equation. Appl Eng Agric. 32(3):383-390. doi 10.13031/aea.32.11673.

Qadir, M., E. Quillerou, V. Nangia, G. Murtaza, M. Singh, R.J. Thomas, and P. Drechsel. 2014. Economics of salt-induced land degradation and restoration. Natural Resources Forum. 38(4):282-295. doi: 10.1111/1477-8947.12054.

Wu, W., W.M. Al-Shafie, A.S. Mhaimeed, F. Ziadat, V. Nangia, and W. Payne. 2014. Salinity mapping by multiscale remote sensing in Mesopotamia, Iraq. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (IEEE J-STAR). 7(11):4442-4452. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2360411.

Wu., W., A.H. Mhaimeed, W.M. Al-Shafie, F. Ziadat, V. Nangia, B. Dhehibi, and E. De Pauw. 2014. Mapping soil salinity changes using remote sensing in Central Iraq. Geoderma Regional. 2-3:21-31. doi: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2014.09.002.

Abi Saab, M.T., R. Albrizio, V. Nangia, F. Karam, Y. Rouphael. 2014. Developing scenarios to assess sunflower and soybean yield under different sowing dates and water regimes in the Bekaa valley (Lebanon): Simulations with Aquacrop. Int. J. of Plant Prod. 8(4).457-482. ISSN: 1735-6814.

Nangia, V., M. Sunohara, E. Topp, E.G. Gregorich, C.F. Drury, N. Gottschall, and D.R. Lapen. 2013. Measuring and modeling the effects of drainage water management on soil greenhouse gas fluxes from corn and soybean fields, J. Environ Mgmt. 129:652-664. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.05.040.

Ates, S., S. Isik, G. Keles, A.H. Aktas, M. Louhaichi, and V. Nangia. 2013. An evaluation of deficit irrigation for efficient sheep production from permanent sown pastures in a dry continental climate. Agric. Water Manage. 119(2013):135-143. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2012.12.017.

Gowda, P.H., D.J. Mulla, V. Nangia, and S. Ale. 2013. Scale effects on STATSGO vs. SSURGO soil database on water quality predictions. J. Water Resources Protect. 5(3):266-274. doi: 10.4236/jwarp.2013.53027.

Nangia, V., and N.D. Yadava. 2013. Improving water productivity helps provide food security in drylands. Annals of Arid Zone 51(3&4):181-191. ISSN 0570-1791.

Nangia, V., D.J. Mulla, and P.H. Gowda. 2010. Precipitation changes impact stream discharge, nitrate-nitrogen load more than agricultural management changes. J. Environ Qual. 39(6):2063-2071. doi:10.2134/jeq2010.0105.

< class="character">Nangia Nangia, V., P.H. Gowda, and D.J. Mulla. 2010. Evaluation of predicted long-term water quality trends to changes in N fertilizer management practices for a cold climate, Agric. Water Manage. 97(11):1855-1860. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.06.023.

Nangia, V., P.H. Gowda, D.J. Mulla, and G.R. Sands. 2010. Water quality modeling for impacts of tile drain depth and spacing on nitrate-N losses in tile drains at the field-scale, Vadose Zone J. 9(1):61-72. doi:10.2136/vzj2008.0158.

Lu*, X., V. Nangia, X. Mu, F. Wang, Y. Sui*, P. Gao, and Y. Yao. 2009. Field-scale simulation of winter-wheat leaf area index, soil moisture and water-use efficiency in Henan, China. J. Environ. Hydrology 17(9):1-11.

Nangia, V., C. de Fraiture, and H. Turral. 2008. Water quality implications of raising crop water productivity. Agric. Water Manage. 95(7):825-835. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2008.02.014.

Nangia, V., H. Turral, and D. Molden. 2008. Increasing water productivity with improved N fertilizer management. Irri and Drain Syst. 22(3-4):193-207. doi:10.1007/s10795-008-9051-9.

Nangia, V., P.H. Gowda, D.J. Mulla, and G.R. Sands. 2008. Water quality modeling for impacts of fertilizer management practices on nitrate-N losses in tile drains at the field-scale, J. Environ Qual. 37(2):296-307. doi:10.2134/jeq2007.0224

SELECTED BOOK CHAPTERS

Nangia, V., and T. Oweis. 2016. Supplemental irrigation – a promising climate-resilience practice for sustainable dryland agriculture. In M. Farooq, and K.H.M. Siddique (eds) Innovations in dryland agriculture, Springer, Heidelberg.

Cooper, P., V. Nangia, S. Zwart, M. McCartney, O. Westermann. 2016. Water Management. In Dinesh D (ed) Agricultural practices and technologies to enhance food security, resilience and productivity in a sustainable manner: Messages for SBSTA 44 agriculture workshops. CCAFS Working Paper no. 146. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Available online at: www.ccafs.cgiar.org

Bossio, D., A. Noble, D. Molden, and V. Nangia. 2008. Land degradation and water productivity in agricultural landscapes. In D. Bossio and K. Geheb (eds) Conserving land, protecting water: ‘Bright Spots’ reversing trends in land and water degradation. CABI, UK.

Molden, D., T.Y. Oweis, J.W. Kijne, P. Steduto, J. Kijne, M. Hajra, P.S. Bindraban, B. Bouman, S. Cook, O. Erenstein, H. Farahani, A. Hachum, J. Hoogeveen, H. Mahoo, V. Nangia, D. Peden, A. Sikka, P. Silva, H. Turral, A. Upadhyaya, and S. Zwart. 2007. Pathways to improve agricultural water productivity. In Water for food, water for life: A comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture. London, Earthscan and Colombo: International Water Management Institute.

SOFTWARE

  1. Russian version of Bushland reference ET calculator
  2. QSWAT – a QGIS interface for SWAT model (http://swat.tamu.edu/software/qswat/)