Global Agricultural Production: Resilience to Climate Change

​Mukhtar Ahmed’s research focuses on the impact of climate change on crop ecology, crop physiology, cropping system and rain-fed ecosystem management. He has been involved in teaching and research since 2005. During his PhD and visit to Sydney University, Australia, he worked on the application of APSIM as a decision support tool and rainfall forecasting using generalised additive models. He was awarded a young scientist fellowship by APCC South Korea. He also won a research productivity award from Pakistan Council of Science and Technology (PCST) and a Publons reviewer award in 2018 and 2019.  He was part of the Regional Approaches for Climate Change (REACCH) project in the USA, which developed multi-model ensemble approaches to minimize the uncertainties. He is involved in the use of statistical and dynamic models as risk management tools to mitigate the challenges of climate change. Dr. Ahmed also has experience in applying his expertise in Nordic climate atSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2019-2021) where he was involved in the adaptability of perennial grasses e.g., red clover and yellow lucerne under changing climate as well as in whole farm modeling, precision agriculture and APSIM next generation modeling. His current research includes agroecosystems modelling, precision agriculture, modelling the nutrient use efficiency of legume-based cropping systems, forage agronomy and physiological responses to climate variability and its modelling. He is a project co-leader in the Model Calibration Group of the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AGMIP) Wheat and Maize Evapotranspiration. Dr. Ahmed has published more than 100 articles in well-known high quality solid journals and he is the author of 50 book chapters. He has an H-Index of 33 with citations of more than 3500. He is an editor and reviewer of several peer-reviewed, international journals. He is also an active lifetime member of professional societies like the Pakistan Society of Agronomy and Pakistan Society of Botany. He has attended and presented papers and posters at national and international conferences in various countries.

• Chapter 1. Climate change: An Overview.- Chapter 2. Climate change, agricultural productivity, and food security.- Chapter 3. Climate change and Process Based Soil Modeling.- Chapter 4. Soil microbes and climate smart agriculture.- Chapter 5. Climate Change Impacts on Legumes Crop Production and Adaptation Strategies.- Chapter 6. Cereal crop modeling for food and nutrition security.- Chapter 7. Changing climate scenario: Perspectives of Camelina sativa as low input biofuel and oilseed crop.- Chapter 8. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation Strategies in Rice Production Systems.- Chapter 9. Fiber Crops in Changing Climate.- Chapter 10. Estimation of Crop Genetic Coefficients to Simulate Growth and Yield under Changing Climate.- Chapter 11. Climate Change Impacts on Animal Production.- Chapter 12. Climate change and global insect dynamics.- Chapter 13. Sustainable Solutions to Food Insecurity in Nigeria: Perspectives on Irrigation, Crop-Water Productivity, and antecedents.- Chapter 14. Functions of Soil Microbes Under Stress Environment.- Chapter 15. Modeling impacts of climate change and adaptation strategies for cereal crops in Ethiopia.- Chapter 16. Strategies for Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Ecosystems.- Chapter 17. Environmental and Economic Benefits of Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative and Production Constraints in Pakistan: A Review.- Chapter 18. Modeling Photoperiod Response of Canola under Changing Climate.- Chapter 19. Modeling and Field Based Evaluation of Vernalisation Requirement of Canola for Higher Yield Potential.- Chapter 20. Integrated crop-livestock system: Prospectus for climate change adaptation in Jordan, a case study.- Chapter 21. Impact of Salinity Intrusion Problem in the sediments of paddy field and farmers adaptation initiative: Case Study.