Rate My Professor Sudhir Yadav

Associate Professor Sudhir Yadav leads research on sustainable agri-food systems at the Centre for Crop Science of the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation at the University of Queensland. As the University’s first Associate Professor of Sustainability, his work focuses on sustainability indicators, traceability standards, life cycle assessment, functional biomass research, and promoting sustainable farming practices to enhance environmental stewardship and resource-use efficiency. Yadav leads the research theme on Climate Resilient and Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture. His expertise spans sustainability assessment methods, including life cycle assessment models for product design, ESG frameworks, advanced data analytics for environmental impacts and biodiversity, resource efficiency, circular economy strategies, and environmental footprints. In functional biomass research, he investigates biomass valorisation for alternative protein sources and bio-based materials, assessing feedstock composition, bioenergy efficiency, ash quality, and environmental impacts for sustainable bioeconomy advancements. He also evaluates system impacts, technology pathways, market dynamics, supply-chain trade-offs, and cross-sector implications for sustainable transitions.

Prior to joining the University of Queensland, Associate Professor Yadav worked at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, conducting basic, strategic, and applied research on irrigation management, environmental pollution monitoring, mixed farming systems, sustainability metrics, and frameworks. His publication record includes 68 journal articles, 4 book chapters, and other outputs. Notable works include book chapters such as 'Growing rice in eastern India: new paradigms of risk reduction and improving productivity' (2017), 'Water-saving technologies for rice production under water-scarce conditions' (2016), and 'Effective Management of Scarce Water Resources in North-West India' (2013); and journal articles like 'Effect of water management on dry seeded and puddled transplanted rice' (2011), 'Halting the groundwater decline in north-west India—which crop technologies will be winners?' (2010), and recent publications on biochar-soil systems (2026), invasive weeds as biofuels (2025), and agro-industrial by-products for protein production (2025). Yadav supervises PhD students and leads projects such as Innovative Biorefinery Biochemical Products from Seaweed (2025-2027) and Developing methodologies for crop and farm level alignment with Australian Sustainability Frameworks (2023-2024).