

Associate Professor
School of Agriculture, University of the Virgin Islands
RR1 Box 10,000, Kingshill
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, 00850-9781
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Grants
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Wilson Fellowship for Research in Latin America: Texas State University (2019)
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Georgia Department of Transportation Grant (2016 – 2019): Roadside bioenergy crop (sunflower, switchgrass, big bluestem grass) production (Co-PI).
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Southern Company/Georgia Power Grant (2017 – 2018): Hydroponic vegetable production (PI).
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Sustainability Grant (2015 – 2016) Georgia Southern: Hydroponics vs. aquaponics (PI).
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COUR Grant (2015 – 2016) Georgia Southern: Hydroponic lettuce production (PI).
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Georgia Department of Natural Resources Grant (2012 – 2015): Conservation management of endangered herb, Baptisia arachnifera (Co-PI).
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Sustainability Grant (2014 – 2015) Georgia Southern: Assessment of water quality and soil carbon sequestration to ensure environmental quality at GSU campus (Co-PI).
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Faculty Development Committee Professional Travel Grant (2014 - 2015) Georgia Southern
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Faculty Research Grant (2013 – 2014) Georgia Southern: Design and development of a farm level biochar-pyrolyzer and its chemical and agricultural product evaluation (PI).
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Georgia Southern-COSM Interdisciplinary Pilot Grant (2012 – 2013): Carbon sequestration and biomass production potentials of switchgrass-pine agroforestry systems (PI).
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Georgia Southern Service-Learning Grant for agriculture knowledge development (2011).
Selected Publications
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Baker, E. and Saha, S. 2018. Forest farming in Georgia, United States: Three potential crops. Annals of Agrarian Science 16(3): 304-308.
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Goswami, R., Saha, S., and Dasgupta, P. 2017. Sustainability assessment of smallholder farms in developing countries. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 41(5): 546-569.
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Saha, S., Monroe, A., and Day, M.R. 2016. Growth, yield, plant quality and nutrition of basil under soilless agricultural systems. Annals of Agricultural Sciences, 61(2): 181-186.
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Pfister, M. and Saha, S. 2016. Effects of biochar and fertilizer management on sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) feedstock and soil properties. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 63(5): 651-662.
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Goswami, R., Dasgupta, P., Saha, S. et. al. 2016. Resource integration in smallholder farms for sustainable livelihoods in developing countries. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2(1): 1272151.
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Dasgupta, P., Goswami, R., Ali, Md. N., Chakraborty, S., and Saha, S. 2015. Multifunctional role of integrated farming system in developing countries. Int. J. Bio-resource and Stress Mgt. 6(3): 424-432.
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Karak, T., Bhattacharyya, P., Paul, R.K., Das, T., and Saha, S. 2013. Evaluation of composts from agricultural wastes with fish-pond sediment as bulking agent to improve compost quality. CLEAN–Soil, Air, Water, 41(7): 711-723.
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Nair, P.K.R., Saha, S., et. al. 2011. Potential for greenhouse gas emissions from soil carbon stock following biofuel cultivation on degraded lands. Land Degradation & Development, 22(4): 395-409.
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Saha, S., Stein, T.V., Nair, P.R., and Andreu, M.G. 2011. The socioeconomic context of carbon sequestration in agroforestry: a case study from homegardens of Kerala, India. In Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Systems. Springer Netherlands.
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Saha, S., Ramachandran Nair, P.K., and Nair, V.D. 2010. Carbon storage in relation to soil size-fractions under tropical tree-based land-use systems. Plant and Soil, 328(1): 433-446.
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Saha, S., Nair, P.K.R., Nair, V.D., and Kumar, B.M. 2009. Soil carbon stock in relation to plant diversity of homegardens in Kerala, India. Agroforestry Systems, 76(1): 53-65.
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Saha, S., Trenholm, L.E., and Unruh, J.B. 2007. Effect of fertilizer source on nitrate leaching and St. Augustinegrass turfgrass quality. HortScience, 42(6): 1478-1481.
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Saha, S., Trenholm, L.E., and Unruh, J.B. 2005. Effect of fertilizer source on water use of St. Augustinegrass and ornamental plants. HortScience, 40(7): 2164-2166.