Research Fields
Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences
Bio
Jiban Shrestha is working as a Scientist (Plant Breeding and Genetics) at Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Nepal since 2010 to present. He has worked as maize breeder at National Maize Research Program, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal from 2010 to Sept 2017. He has worked as a Coordinator at National Commercial Agriculture Research Program, Pakhribas, Dhankuta, Nepal from Sept. 2017 to Aug. 2018. Now he is working as Scientist at Agriculture Botany Division, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal. Currently he is working as rice breeder and has involved for evaluation, development and release of normal and hybrid rice varieties. He has published 125 peer reviewed journal articles, 12 proceeding papers and 6 books. He has been affiliated to 40 journals as editor or reviewer. He has worked as reviewer of 10 international conferences related to agriculture. He has guided 10 agricultural graduate and 4 postgraduate students for their thesis research. Research Interest: Plant Breeding and Genetics, Agronomy, Plant Science
Institution
Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Agriculture Botany Division, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal