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Ravinder Kumar
Ravinder Kumar is Associate Professor of Monitoring and Impact at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich. Ravi’s research interest and expertise are in natural resource management. He has led and conducted numerous research, monitoring, and evaluation projects in sustainable forest management, agriculture value chains, poverty, livelihoods, ethical trade, responsible business investments, sustainability certification in agriculture commodities, and ocean plastic. Ravi is experienced in experimental (randomised controlled trial) and quasi-experimental methods. He has conducted a range of programme and impact evaluations, which includes large-scale, complex,multi-country statistical analysis and qualitative assessments. Ravi is currently leading a nutrition research facility (established by European Commission) for technical support on monitoring and evaluation to EU delegation programmes in multiple countries. He has led teams for the implementation of integrated water resources management and local economic development projects, focussing on agricultural value chains and commodity supply chains
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Reducing the flow of plastic to oceans in India
Growing consumer demands are causing the generation of colossal amounts of plastic waste, and the poor state of waste management implies that large proportions of this litter is making its way into the oceans. Based on an exploratory study across India in 2019 – with focus on ‘hotspots’ in Chennai, Mangalore, and Kochi – Kumar et al. outline nine actions that can be taken to mitigate this issue.
