Dr Ramakrishna Hegde

Professor and Head, Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, College of Forestry , Ponnampet. Working on bamboo propagation and plantations since 2007. He is involved in raising of quality planting materials of several species (Bambusa tulda, Dendrocalamus brandissi, Dendrocalamus stocksii, Dendrocalamus asper, Guadua anguistifolia Thyrsostachis oliveri etc.). More than  90,000 plants were produced and sent for planting in different states of India. Also he is actively involved in establishment of bamboo plantations and bamboo based agroforestry models in different sites especially on degraded sites. He has conducted several training programme on bamboo cultivation and management to the farmers. He has guided one Ph D and two masters students on bamboo cultivation and few students on bamboo nursery management.

ICAR-AICRP on Agroforestry celebrates World Bamboo Day:
https://icar.gov.in/icar-aicrp-agroforestry-celebrates-world-bamboo-day

Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL5_bqNSijk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp7jzHzIsbg