Sheep Production Adapting to Climate Change (PDF)

livestock and a heat stress risk assessment model for feedlot cattle. John is the Treasurer of the International Society of Biometeorology and is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the International Journal of Biometeorology.

Dr Pradeep Kumar Malik, PhD., is Senior Scientist (Animal Nutrition) at ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bangalore, India. His present research focus includes the development of precise enteric methane emission inventory for different states of the country and also devising strategies for enteric methane amelioration using tanniferous phyto-sources. He has published many international and national research papers, chapters in highly reputed journal/books in the related field. Recently, he also edited a book on Livestock production and climate change published by CABI. He is also the recipient of prestigious Endeavour Research Fellowship of Australian Government and did post-doc at University of Queensland, Australia.

Dr S.M.K. Naqvi, PhD., is the Director at the ICAR-Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, Rajasthan, India. His current research focus is on sheep adaptation, stress physiology and reproductive biotechnology. Dr Naqvi has published 110 research papers in referred National and International journals, 9 book chapters and 50 Conference Proceedings. He has also filed four patents. His work got due recognition and published in the Limca Book of Records (India). For his outstanding contribution in the field of sheep production, Dr Naqvi has been recognized as the fellow of several academies and societies. He is also currently serving as the President for Indian Society for Sheep and Goat Production and Utilization.



Dr Rattan Lal, Ph.D., is a Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science and Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center, The Ohio State University, and an Adjunct Professor of University of Iceland. He received B.S. from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana; M.S. from IARI, New Delhi and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University. He served as Sr. Research Fellow with the University of Sydney, Australia (1968-69), Soil Physicist at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria (1970-87), and Professor of Soil Science at OSU (1987-to date). He has authored/co-authored 834 refereed journal articles and 477 book chapters, has written 19 and edited/co-edited 66 books. He is also included in the Thomson Reuters 2014, 2015 and 2016 list of the most cited scientists.