Building Climate Resilience in Agriculture (PDF)

Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF), Pakistan. He has experience of about 25 years in the relevant field. He is Focal Person of Center for Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security (CAS-AFS), UAF. He has served as Director, External Linkages in UAF for about 4 years. He has acted as a Focal Person for Re-defining of Agro-ecological zones (AEZ) in Punjab-Pakistan. He has established a climate/Electronic Lab as well as a Climate Change Cell in the university. He has also established Agricultural Information Systems Laboratory at Community PARS for building Provincial capacity of Crop Reporting Service of Punjab - Pakistan for Crop Estimation, Forecasting and Reporting based on the integral use of Remotely sensed Data (GCP/Pak/125USA) funded by USDA being executed by FAO, in 2013.

Dr. Mumtaz Cheema is working as Professor and Associate Vice President Research and Graduate Studies (Interim), Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He is also President Elect of Canadian Society of Agronomy, serving as editor of "Agriculture" and editing few special issues. His research interests include developing productive and sustainable cropping systems to enhance soil quality and health, nutrient cycling, greenhouse gas mitigation, and adaptation strategies through best management practices (crop rotation/cover crops, biochar, NIs, BNIs) in boreal climate. He has published more than 125 peer-review papers in relevant field. He is a member of several provincial and national committees on agriculture and climate change.


Prof. Lin Zhaohui is working as professor and director of international Center for climate and environment sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a member of the coordinating council of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Developmentin the South (COMSATS), and also serving as deputy editor-in-chief of "Climatic and Environmental Research" Journal. His research interests include the development of Earth system model, seasonal climate and hydrological forecasts, atmosphere-land-hydrology interaction, dust aerosol and its interaction with climate, and has published more than 140 peer-review papers in relevant field. He has received many scientific awards, inlcuding the State Natural Science Award in 2005, the Award for Progress of Science and Technology by the Ministry of Education in 2006, and the outstanding Science and Technology Achievement Prize of the CAS in 2011.


Dr. Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Chemistry at COMSATS University Islamabad Campus, Pakistan. Dr. Hashmi works on multiple water, soil, air and health related issues, and has expertise in developing environmentally sustainable and feasible technologies.