Pramod Acharya
Pramod Acharya
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist — Forage Agronomy
Office
North Greenhouse Facility, R114
Phone
208-423-6652
Email
Mailing Address
Kimberly Research and Extension Center
University of Idaho
3806 N 3600 E
Kimberly, ID 83341-5082
Pramod aspires to advance sustainable, resource-efficient, eco-friendly and economic approaches to forage production, storage and utilization.
Ph.D., New Mexico State University, 2023
M.S., Eastern New Mexico University, 2019
B.S., Tribhuvan University, 2014
- Alfalfa management and development
- Carbon sequestration in forage systems
- Soil and water quality in annual and perennial forage production systems
- Hay production for all livestock classes
- Silage crops, soil health and soil-plant-environment relationships
- Cover crops for grazing and ecosystem services
- Acharya, P., Ghimire, R., Idowu, O. J., Shukla, M. K., 2024. Cover cropping enhanced soil aggregation and associated carbon and nitrogen storage in semi-arid silage cropping systems. Catena [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2024.108264].
- Singh, A., Ghimire, R., Acharya, P., 2024. Soil profile carbon sequestration and nutrient responses varied with cover crops in irrigated forage rotations. Soil and Tillage Research [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2024.106020].
- Acharya, P., Ghimire, R., Acosta-Martínez, V. 2024. Cover crop mediated soil carbon storage and soil health in semi-arid irrigated cropping systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108813].
- Paye, W. S., Lauriault, L., Acharya, P., Ghimire, R., 2024. Soil carbon and nitrogen responses to dryland forage cropping systems following irrigation retirement. Agronomy Journal [https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21523].
- Acharya, P., Ghimire, R., Lehnhoff, E. A, and Marsalis, M. A. 2023. Cover crop forage potential and subsequent sorghum silage yield and nutritive value. Agronomy Journal [https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.21334].
- Acharya, P., Ghimire, R., Paye, W. S., Galguli, A. C., and DelGrosso, S. J. 2022. Net greenhouse gas balance with cover crops in semi-arid irrigated cropping systems. Scientific Reports [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16719-w].
- Paye, W. S., Ghimire, R., Acharya, P., Nilahyane, A., Mesbah, A. O., Marsalis, M. 2022. Cover crop water use and corn silage production in semi-arid irrigated conditions. Agricultural Water Management [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2021.107275].
- Acharya, P., Ghimire, R., and Cho, Y. 2019. Linking soil health to sustainable crop production: dairy compost effects on soil properties and sorghum biomass. Sustainability [https://doi.org/10.3390/su11133552].