Photo credit
Self
Fellow
Guharay Falguni
Advisor projects and services
Current nationality
India
Current country of residence
Nicaragua
Past nationality
India
Affiliation / Institution
Mesoamerican Information Service for Sustainable Agriculture SIMAS
Biodata
Guharay (Ph.D.,1982, University of Nottingham), is currently Advisor Projects and Services with a Mesoamerican Information Services for Sustainable Agriculture, SIMAS. Earlier he served as Program manager Climate Smart Cocoa World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), Scientist Research for Development, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); Programme Leader for Integrated Pest Management and Agroforestry, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), Professor of Plant Protection, National Agricultural University, Nicaragua (UNA) and Research Assistant Professor Biophysics, State University of New York at Buffalo. He is a member of the Latin American Society of Agroecology. He elucidated the biophysical basis of mechanoreception by discovering stretch-activated ion channels. His research helped to scale the biological control of vectors of Malaria in Nicaragua and laid the foundation of ecological management of agroforestry systems in Mesoamerica. He was awarded National Scholarship for Ph.D. studies by Govt. of India in 1978, the Research Scientist of the year by CATIE 2003, and the Coffee personality of Nicaragua by RAMACAFE 2006.
Sustainable Development Goals
Keywords
Mechanoreception; Agroecology; Biological control; Integrated pest management; Agroforestry; Climate Smart Agriculture; Online information systems
ELECTED
2019
Place of birth
Kolkata
Country of birth
India
DATE OF BIRTH
6
March
1956
Section
01. Agriculture, Nutrition & Food Systems Sciences
guharay_falguni_cv_0.pdf
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Country where living and working for the majority of the last 10 years
Nicaragua
Public contact information
EMAIL
fguharay@gmail.com
PHONE
(+505) 57766946
Website, social media accounts or additional info
https://falgunidotblog.wordpress.com/
ADDRESS
A 193 Bosque de Altamira, Managua, Nicaragua
List of publications
guharay_falguni_lp.pdf
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Last updated on 12/07/2023