Dr. P. Kanaka Durga, Assistant Director,

Ph.D. (Economics)

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Biography

P. Kanaka Durga is Assistant Director at MANAGE. She joined MANAGE in the year 1999. She is working for Centre for Secondary Agriculture, FPOs and Monitoring and Evaluation. She is involved training, research and consultancy activities of the Centre. She is also involved in teaching Economics courses to the PGDM ABM students of MANAGE. Kanaka Durga’s consulting expertise lies in the area of monitoring & evaluation, farmer producer organisation, public private partnership in Agriculture, Entrepreneurship Development

Kanaka Durga has both national and international publications to her credit in prestigious journals such as Indian Journal of Agriculture Economics, Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing, EPW etc

Area

Primary Area : Economics
Secondary Area : Monitoring & Evaluation, FPOs, PPP, Entrepreneurship Development

Contact

Email : kanakad@manage.gov.in
Phone : 040-24594554 (O)

Education

Ph.D, Economics, Centre for Monitoring & Evaluation, Begumpet, Hyderabad
MA & MPhil, University of Hyderabad
BA (Hons.), Osmania University
UGC NET Qualified

Teaching Courses

Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Quantitative Techniques

Research Projects

• IFAD sponsored Research Project on Participatory Adaptive Research in Tribal Areas of Andhra Pradesh
• Research study on "Farmers' Suicides in Andhra Pradesh - A diagnostic study
• Preparation of Perspective Plan for Nalgonda District for Food for Works Programme, World Bank Sponsored Repair, Renovation, and Restoration of Water Bodies in Andhra Pradesh
• Research Study on Post Project Sustainability of Manchal Watershed
• Monitoring and Evaluation of Repair, Renovation Restoration of Water Bodies - an IFAD Sponsored Project
• Evaluation of Agriclinics and Agribusiness Centers Scheme
• Social Benefits of Agriclinics & Agribusiness Scheme
• Evaluation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana
(PMFBY)
• Evaluation of Meri Policy Mere Haath of PMFBY

Sessions in the Training Programmes

• Logical Framework Analysis
• Agreement on Agriculture and its implications on Indian Agriculture
• Public Private Partnerships - Farmer Producer Companies
• Carbon Credits and trading
• Agripreneurship Development in AC & ABC Scheme
• Monitoring and Evaluation techniques
• Farmer Producer Organisation
• Participatory Monitoring & Evaluation

9 Consultancy & MANAGE Reports

 

Publications

• Projections Using a Flexible Demand System in India, Arthavijnan, June 1995, No.2, PP 138-155
• Report on "employment and Industry" for the workshop on "Review of Employment Trends and Programs in Andhra Pradesh - Potential Impact of Liberalisation" Edited by S. Sudhakar Reddy and L. Lakshmi Narayana, Centre for Economic and Social Studies" Begumpet, Hyderbad 1995
• Policies to combat hunger in Asian Countries - Paper presented to International Conference on Problems of Hunger and Food Security held at Osmania University, Hyderabad 1997
• India's Rice Exports, Can we sustain in the Long Run? Indian Grains, August, 1999
• Agriculture Development - Production and Productivity Possibilities in Andhra Pradesh" MANAGE Research and Extension Review, Vol 1 (1), Jan-June, 2000
• Socio-Economic Dynamics and Development Strategy for Participatory Adaptive Research Project - MANAGE, Rajendranagar, Hyd
• Determinants of Rice Trade in the World Market, MANAGE Research and Extension Review, Vol I, July-Dec 2000, N0.2
• Impact Evaluation of Andhra Pradesh Participatory Tribal Development Project, MANAGE
• Agri clinics and its impact on Agriprenuership Development, ICFAI Journal of Entrepreneurship Development, June, 2007
• Impact of Agri clinics and Agri Business Centres on the Economic Status of the Farmers, ICFAI Journal of Agriculture Economics, July, 2007
• Problems and Prospects of India's Rice Trade Manage Research and Extension Review, June, 2009
• Intertemporal Variation in Sex Ratio in India - State wise analysis Presented and published in Workshop Volume of National Seminar on Social Development, Kakatity University, 25-26 April, 2011
• Status of Warehouse Receipt Financing in Andhra Pradesh, Indian Journal of Agriculture Marketing, Vol No. 26, No. 3 , 2012
• Status of India's Agricultural Exports - A Comparative Picture of Pre & Post WTO period submitted to Inter Conference Symposium of IAAE held at MANAGE, Hyderabad during 13-14 October, 2014
• Institutional innovations and development of markets for agricultural services : A case of agriclinics and agri business centers (AC & ABC) Scheme in India presented and submitted to the 8th International Conference of Asian society of Agricultural Economists dated 15-17 October, 2014 at BRAC, Dhaka
• COPING STRATEGY DURING FARM DISTRESS A CASE STUDY OF CATTLE BREED IMPROVEMENT PROGRAME IN A.P: Journal of Extension, MANAGE, 2017
• Warehouse Receipt Financing of Agricultural Commodities in Andhra Pradesh, 2013, Vol 6, No.3, Indian Journal of Agricultural Marketing
• Agricultural Extension – the case of Agriclinics & Agri Business Centre Scheme in Andhra Pradesh Vol 68, No.3 July – Sept 2016 Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics
• Institutional Innovations & Developments of Markets for Agricultural Services Vol 5, No.1 2016 IIS Journal of Commerce & Management
• Inter Temporal variations in Sex Ratio in India – State Wise Analysis Coping Strategy during Farm 2017 No.2 Vol XLV Journal of Research ANGRAU
• Distress : A Case Study of Cattle Breed Improvement Programme in Andhra Pradesh, July-December 2018, No. 2 Journal of Agricultural Extension Management
• A Study of Analysis of Social Benefits of Agriclinics & Agri Business centre Scheme July-December 2020, No. 2 Journal of Agricultural Extension Management
• Analytical Study of Impact of Agriclinics & Agri Business Centre April-September 2021, Vol 16 No.2 Journal Economic & Research
• Utilisation of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojna Scheme– State Wise Analysis Volume 8 Issue 7 January-2025 IRE Journal
• Farm Household Income in India – Growth, variability, and Sources, IJRAR, February, 2025, Vol 12, Issue 1
• Entrepreneurship Development, 2024, e book published by MANAGE, Hyderabad ISBN – 978-81-19663-13-2
• Agri Business Eco System of Farmer Producer Organisations MANAGE-Directorate of Onion Research 2024 ISBN 978-81-19663-38-5

Certificates

• National Merit Scholarship, National Eligibility (NET of UGC) Certificate from University Grants Commission.

Trainings and Workshops Attended

• Coverdale Training conducted by MANAGE
• Indian Econometric Conference
• A.P. Economic Conference
• Training Programme on Project Management at IIM, Lucknow in the year 2000
• Direct Trainers Skills (DTS) conducted by DOPT at RIPA, Jaipur, 2005
• Evaluation of Training (EOT) conducted by DOPT at ISTM, New Delhi, 2006
• Media Workshop for Researchers, NIRD, Hyderabad, 2006
• Training Programme on Case Study Writing, MANAGE, Hyderabad, 2006

Honours

• National Merit Scholarship for two years to pursue the Post Graduation
• ICSSR Fellowship for carrying out the Ph.D work

Membership in Associations

• Life Member of Andhra Pradesh Economic Association
• Life Member of Society of Indian Journal of Agriculture Marketing
• Life Member Indian Econometric Society
• Member of Asian Society of Agricultural Economists

Contact Details

National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE)
(An Organization of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India)
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad- 500 030, Telangana, INDIA
Telephone: 040-24594554 (O)
Mobile Phone No.: 9010030111