User:DineshPanday

Dinesh Panday, young agricultural graduate from Nepal. He obtained his B. Sc. in Agriculture from Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science, Tribhuvan University in 2011 and M. S. in Environmental Sciences (major: Soil Science) from Lincoln University of Missouri, United States. He is a YPARD member as Nepal representative and Communications Officer at YPARD’s Asia and Pacific Coordination Unit. Currently, he is a Doctorate Graduate Research Assistant (major- Soil and Nutrient Management) in Department of Agronomy and Horticulture at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Panday's areas of research interest include soil fertility, sustainable soil management and geographical information system (GIS). He is also active in the field of social media and information & communication technologies (ICT) for rural and agricultural development. Additionally, he is a good blogger.

Panday says, "one of the things missing in today’s agriculture is imagination." Agri-culture has lost the word ‘culture’ from its name, and so for tackling bigger concerns of the economic boost, self-employment, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and societal well-being, we need to think of adding more innovative terms next to the word ‘Agri’, such as Agri-enterprise, Agri-business, and so on. Innovative thought is needed indeed!

Today’s generation of farmers, teachers, agricultural scientists, policymakers and even media specialists, have collectively failed to trigger my generation’s imagination. If they have all failed, isn’t it up to us, the younger generation, to try to do something about it? I have no doubt that the imagination of young people, both inside and outside Nepal, and inviting them to join forces, is the way forward.

http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/global/markets/youth-and-agriculture-dinesh-panday