Committees of the conference

Chairs

Prof. Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan (S.I.), Vice Chancellor

(Patron in chief)

Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza, ISES, UAF

(Patron)

Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah, ISES, UAF

(Focal Person)

Organizing committee
1. Prof. Dr. Zahir Ahmad Zahir, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences (organizer)
2. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yaseen, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences (organizer)
3. Prof. Dr. Hafiz Naeem Asghar, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences (organizer)
4. Prof. Dr. Sultan Habibullah, Director, USPCAS-AFS (organizer)
5. Dr. Tariq Aziz, Principal, Depalpur Sub-campus, UAF (organizer)
6. Dr. Abdul Wakeel, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences (organizer)

Technical Committee
1. Dr. Abdul Wakeel, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences (Convener)
2. Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences
3. Dr. Syed Aftab Wajid, Department of Agronomy
4. Dr. Muhammad Sohail Sajid, Department of Parasitology
5. Dr. Hafeez ur Rehman, Department of Agronomy
6. Dr. Khalid Hussain, Department of Agronomy
7. Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Ashraf, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences

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 Pen-portraits of invited speakers

Prof. Dr. Rattan Lal

Rattan Lal, Ph.D., is a Distinguished University Professor of Soil

Science and Director of the CFAES Rattan Lal Center for
Carbon Management and Sequestration at The Ohio State
University, USA. He received his Ph.D. from the Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio (1968). 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 over 1000 refereed journal

articles and more than 550 book chapters, has written and
edited/co-edited more than 100 books. He has received an
Honoris Causa degree from nine universities throughout Europe, USA and Asia; the Medal of Honor
from UIMP, Santander, Spain (2018); the Distinguished Service Medal of IUSS (2018); and is fellow
of the five professional societies. Dr. Lal has mentored 115 graduate students and 182 visiting
scholars from around the world. He was President of the World Association of Soil and Water
Conservation (1987-1990), International Soil and Tillage Research Organization (1988-1991), Soil
Science Society of America (2006-2008), and the International Union of Soil Sciences (2017-2018).
He is Chair in Soil Science and Goodwill Ambassador for Sustainability Issues for the Inter-American
Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), and member of the 2021 United Nations Food
Security Summit Science Committee and Action Tracks 1 & 3. Dr. Lal is laureate of the GCHERA
World Agriculture Prize (2018), Glinka World Soil Prize (2018), Japan Prize (2019), U.S. Awasthi
IFFCO Prize (2019), Arrell Global Food Innovation Award (2020), World Food Prize (2020), and
India’s Padma Shri Award (2021).

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 Prof. Dr. Mark Sutton

Dr. Mark Sutton is professor at UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology,

UK. Since 1986, the work of Prof. Sutton has focused primarily on
the emission, behavior and fate of ammonia in the atmosphere. Prof.
Sutton has led a series of key national and international collaborative
projects on ammonia. In recent years, Prof. Sutton has focused on
developing the links between ammonia and other nitrogen
compounds in the environment.

Pof. Sutton is chair of the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI), a joint

project of the IGBP and SCOPE and South Asia Nitrogen Hub
(SANH) and is co-chair of the Task Force on Reactive Nitrogen (TFRN), a body of the UN-ECE
Geneva Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution. Prof. Sutton has authored and co-
authored more than 1200 research publication and his citations, on google scholar, exceed 40,000
with an H-index of 92.

Prof. Dr. Yakov Kuzyakov

Prof. Dr. Yakov Kuzyakov is a soil scientist and ecologist, professor and
the head of the department of Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems and
the department of Agricultural Soil Science at the University of Göttingen,
Germany. Prof. Kuzyakov is one of the most frequently cited soil scientists
worldwide. He specialises in soil ecology and soil biogeochemistry,
rhizosphere processes, agriculture, land use and land degradation,
agroecology, C and N cycles, in application of radioactive and stable
isotope labelling approaches in soil science.

Prof. Kuzyakov has authored and co-authored more than 1200

research publication and his citations, on google scholar, exceed
49000 with an H-index of 102. He has lead more that 30 research
projects funded from different international agencies like DFG (German Research Foundation),
BMBF, EU, DAAD, AvH, NSFC etc. He is part of editorial boards of my prestigious impact factor
journals.

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Dr. Cornelia Rumpel

Dr. Cornelia Rumpel is a soil biogeochemist working for the French

National Research Center (CNRS) at the Institute of Ecology and
Environment in Paris, France. Her work is concerned with the dynamics
of organic matter at the molecular scale and the biogeochemical cycling
of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in natural and managed ecosystems.

She is dealing with temperate and tropical environments and

contributed to the change of several paradigms. Since a few years
her work focuses on the development of innovative agroecological
strategies to increase soil carbon sequestration. She supervised 18 PhD students to successful
completion of their thesis and has published more than 200 papers in international peer reviewed
journals. She is also working at the science policy interphase to communicate the value of soil
carbon sequestration as response to global challenges. In 2016 and 2017, she was listed as a highly
cited researchers in the field of agronomy. She is engaged in the international 4 per 1000 initiative
for climate change as the chair of the scientific and technical committee.

Dr. Muhammad Farooq

Dr. Muhammad Farooq is Head of department of Plant Sciences at the

Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. He is working on
conservation agriculture for sustainable crop production. Dr. Farooq is
recipient of ‘Best Young Research Scholar Award’ from the Higher
Education Commission of Pakistan for the years 2013-15. He was
honored with the COMSTECH Award for Excellence in Research
(2016) by Organization of Islamic Conference, Gold Medal (2017) by
Pakistan Academy of Sciences, the best University Teacher Award
(2018) by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. He was also named the ‘Highly Cited
Researcher’ by the Clarivate/Web of Sciences for the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Dr. Farooq has edited and co-edited 35 books and authored and co-authored more than 400
research articles and 50 book chapters. His citations, on google scholar, exceed 35,000 with an H-
index of 89.

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 Prof. Dr. Nanthi Bolan

Dr. Nanthi Bolan is professor in School of Agriculture and Environment, The

University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. He has served as the
Dean of Graduate Studies of UWA and as the leader of the Cooperative
Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the
Environment (CRC CARE) Programme on Prevention Technologies. His
teaching and research interests include agronomic value of manures,
fertilisers and soil amendments, soil acidification, nutrient cycling, pesticide
and metal pollutants interactions in soils, soil remediation and waste and waste water management.

Nanthi has supervised more than 40 postgraduate students, and was awarded the Massey
University Research Medal for excellence in supervision. He has published more than 200 papers
and was awarded the M.L. Leamy Award in recognition of the most meritorious contribution to soil
science. Nanthi is a Fellow of the American Soil Science Society and, and is currently serving as
the Associate Editor of Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology.

Dr. Tanvir Shahzad

Dr. Tanvir Shahzad, a PhD in Ecology & Biogeochemistry, from

AgroParisTech France, is currently working as a Tenured Associate
Professor in the department of Environmental Sciences, GC
University. Briefly, he is working on the mechanisms of soil organic
matter stabilization in arable and natural ecosystems, effects of land
use changes on soil quality and health, and the soil management
practices leading to sustainable soil health and productivity. He has
published in renowned journals of his field like Nature Geoscience,
Global Change Biology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, and Geoderma. Currently, he is working on
a project where he and his team are focused to convince the rice farming community to not burn the
rice residues, but rather those residues should be returned to the soil as this practice will improve
soil health. For this, they have identified farmers’ field who are already practicing this alternative
management practice and Dr. Tanvir & his team are going to demonstrate the results of these field
surveys indicating substantial improvement in soil health to the farming community at large.

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 Dr. Majid Mahmood Tahir

Dr. Majid Mahmood Tahir is working as an Associate Professor at

Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture,
University of Poonch Rawalakot. He is working in this Department
since 2008 when he was appointed as Lecturer. He received his Ph.D.
degree in Soil Science from Federal University of Santa Maria
(UFSM), Brazil in 2016. He was the recipient of CNPq-TWAS Doctoral
Fellowship from The World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, Italy for Ph.
D in Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil (2012–2016). Dr. Tahir
has research interest relating to biotransformation of carbon and
nitrogen in soil, carbon sequestration, soil organic matter dynamics in changing climate. He is also
working on the mapping of soil organic matter of the cropland soil of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. He
has published 35 articles in referred journals and presented in various national and international
conferences. Currently he is working as Chairman, Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences,
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Poonch Rawalakot. Dr. Tahir is the member of Soil Science
Society of Pakistan and is serving as vice-president for Azad Jammu & Kashmir chapter of the
society.

Dr. Muhammad Farooq Qayyum

Dr. Muhammad Farooq Qayyum, Tenured Associate Professor,

Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan received PhD
from Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany in 2012
Currently, his focus areas are remediation of metal
contaminated soils using biochars, and phosphorus nutrition of
crop plants using sewage sludge biochars and composts.

In early 10 years of professional career, Dr. Qayyum has done

tremendous job. Dr. Qayyum has received a research funding
from International Foundation for Science Sweden (worth 5900
USD), and two from Higher Education Commission Pakistan (worth 2.6 million PKR and 8.7 million
PKR). He has authored 6 book chapters and more than 70 peer reviewed research articles.
Moreover, he has received Best Paper Award from the Higher Education Pakistan for two research
articles published in 2017.
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 Dr. Ghulam Haider

Dr. Ghulam Haider is working as Associate Professor, ASAB NUST

Islamabad. He did his PhD in Biochar as a beneficial soil amendment in
sandy soils: A long-term field and greenhouse study to improve the
mechanistic understanding, from Justus-Liebig-University Giessen,
Germany in 2016.

Dr. Haider’s group focuses on two major challenges faced by world

agriculture, for instance, global climate change and food insecurity. Dr.
Haider has published numerous articles relate to his specialization in high
impact factor journals. Similarly, he has completed innovative national as well as international
research projects regarding greenhouse gases emissions.

Dr. Saeed Ahmad Asad

Dr. Saeed is working as an Associate Professor working at the

Department of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad. He
earned his Doctorate degree in Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences from the University of Nottingham in United Kingdom in 2011.
Since after completing his PhD, he has built his career as an academic
researcher.

During his career, Dr. Asad has executed numerous projects with
Potsdam Institute for climate research (PIK), Germany, International Institute for Sustainable
Development (IISD) Canada, German agency for International Development (GIZ), Germany.
Moreover, he has worked as a consultant for United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and
has authored 3 technical reports for UNDP. He has published 34 peer reviewed research articles, 4
book chapters and 6 popular articles, along with winning multimillion international research grants.

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 Dr. Muhammad Shahid

Dr. Muhammad Shahid is working as Tenured Associate Proffesor in

COMSATS Vehari-campus. He did his M2R and Ph.D (2006-2010) from
INP-ENSAT, University of Toulouse-France. His PhD thesis was
awarded “Leopold Escande Award-2011” based on originality and quality
of research work by INP-ENSAT, Toulouse-FRANCE. He has been listed
among the "Highly Cited Researchers 2020" by Clarivate, Web of
Science. He is also listed among “Top 2% scientists” in biological
sciences in the world according to the date released by Mendeley 2020.

Dr. Shahid has published 2 textbooks, 21 book chapters and 146 research articles with a cumulative
impact factor > 600 and citations > 13000 (H-index 62 and i-10 index 134). His research
contributions have > 1.36 million reads on ResearchGate. He is also member, PI or Co-PI of 21
research projects sponsored by various national and international funding agencies.

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Fahim Khokhar

Prof. Dr Muhammad Fahim Khokhar is working as HoD at Institute

of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, School of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, National University of Sciences and
Technology (IESE, SCEE, NUST) Islamabad, Pakistan. He had his
Doctoral degree from Germany followed by three post doctorates
from Germany and France. He excelled himself in satellite remote
sensing, air quality monitoring an assessment, climate change and
its impacts.

Recently, he has been selected as member of the Pakistan’s

Climate Change Council, Ministry of Climate Change, Govt of
Pakistan. At IESE-NUST, Dr Khokhar is the Director of C-CARGO (Climate Change and
Atmospheric Research Group). Prof. Dr. Fahim is engaged in many national and international
projects related to his field of expertise. He has a commendable research record and was conferred
the SCEE-Best researcher award for year 2020-21. He has published his work in many scientific
journals of international repute such as Nature, Journal of Hazardous material, AMT, Environmental
Pollution, Atmospheric environment etc.

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 Dr. Wajid Nasim Jatoi

Dr Wajid Nasim Jatoi, have completed PhD in 2010 and 02 Post

Doctorates from Australia and France in 2014 and 2016, respectively.
Currently, serving in Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture &
Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), Pakistan
since November 21, 2019. Before joining IUB, served as Associate
Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS
University Islamabad (Vehari Campus), Pakistan.

Furthermore, he completed 02 International Research Projects (AgMIP & BioSight) in collaboration

with Columbia University, USA and another with collaboration of International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI), USA and CIHEAM-IAMM FRANCE; Currently, another International Climate
Change Campaign Project is in progress in collaboration with OXFAM (International) in Pakistan.
However, five national (funded by HEC and UAF) are already completed producing number of
postgraduate students from these projects. He has published >100 research publications (with >400
Impact Factor) in national and international impact factor journals.

Dr. Ali Raza Gurmani

Dr. Ali Raza Gurmani, Associate Professor in Department of Soil &

Climate Sciences, The University of Haripur. He has19-years
teaching/ research experience in soil-plant nutrition, soil salinity, plant
microbe interaction, and climate change impact on crop plants at
different institutions which includes, The University of Haripur, Hazara
University, McGill University, Canada, National Agricultural Research
Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan and University of Sussex, UK.

He has executed eight research projects funded from different

agencies. He successfully supervised three PhD and twenty master’s
students. He has completed Post Doctorates from McGill University, Canada; and PhD from Quaid-
e-Azam University, Pakistan, and Master in Soil Science with the distinction of Gold Medal from
Gomal University. He published more than eighty research publications with an impact factor of 90.
Dr Gurmani organized seven international and national conferences, symposium and workshops as
Principal organizer at the University of Haripur, Pakistan.
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 Dr. Derk Bakker

Dr. Derk Bakker is Associate Professor and chairperson of the

Department of Environmental Sciences of FC College. He is originally
from the Netherlands where he obtained a degree in Land and Water
Management. After doing a PhD in Civil Engineering in Australia he
found employment in agricultural research in different parts of Australia
with the longest stint in Western Australia. Six years ago they thought
it was time for a ’sea-change’ and came to Pakistan to contribute to
the teaching in environmental science and to public life. He teaches
courses related to climate, sustainability, conservation and other topics. His research interests are
renewable energy, soil pollution, climate change and whatever else is interesting and worthwhile
investigating.

Dr. Sajid Ali

Dr. Sajid Ali, has acquired PhD in Genetics, Evolution and Population
Biology from Paris-XI University, Paris, France. Dr. Ali has completed
one Post-Doctorate in Population Genetics from Aarhus University,
Denmark, and another from CIRAD-INRA-SupAgro University,
Montpellier in crop and pathogen population genomics. He has
expertise in crop and pathogen population dynamics at spatial and
temporal scale along with in depth knowledge of genetics, breeding
and ecological consequences of resistance genes deployment.

Dr. Ali has earned several research grants from international donors like European Research
Council-EU, CIMMYT-USDA-USA, JIC-UK, ANU, Australia and HEC-Pakistan. The work on crop
improvement contributed to the development of wheat variety “Ghanimat-e-IBGE”, Brassica
varieties “Dalai” and “Rokhana” and Common Bean variety “Himalaya-1”. He has research
publication in internationally reputed journals like PLOS pathogens, Molecular Ecology, Molecular
Ecology Resources, Plant Pathology, Plant Disease, Fungal Genetics and Biology, Phytopathology
and Ecology and Evolution. Dr. Ali has been awarded Research Productivity Award twice (in 2016
and 2017) and Fakhre-Peshawar Award (2019). Dr. Ali has supervised three PhDs and 11 M.Phil
researchers as major supervisor and several PhD and M.Phil researchers as co-supervisor.

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 Dr. Ahmad Naeem Shahzad

Dr. Ahmad Naeem is associate Professor in Department of

Agronomy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan Pakistan. His
research work focuses on the development and adoption of modern
agronomic management practices in the context of food security,
malnutrition, agronomy, plant nutrition, abiotic stress and climate
change.

Dr. Shahzad conducts experiments to optimize fertilizer use

particularly for nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus in order to
increase crop productivity and to reduce environmental pollution. He also studies nutritional budgets
at the farm, region and country level to understand the primary causes of imbalanced fertilizer use.
He has recently established different metrices to elucidate the factors responsible for low crop yields
and poor nitrogen use efficiencies. In the domain of malnutrition, his research concentrates on the
development of pulses particularly chickpea with enhanced iron and zinc contents in grains through
agronomic and breeding biofortification techniques such as use of inorganic and organic fertilizers,
hybridization and marker-assisted selection.

Dr. Sajid Ali

Dr. Sajid Ali is currently working as Assistant Professor at Department of

Agronomy, University of the Punjab, Lahore since 2011. He got his PhD
degree from Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany in 2011. He
started his professional career as Assistant Research Officer at Sugarcane
Research Institute, AARI, Faisalabad from 2003 to 2005. He won
scholarship for higher studies (PhD) and went to Germany for the purpose.
Areas of his research interest include conservation agriculture/tillage and
optimization of polyphenols in neglected plants. Dr. Ali has published around 40 papers in the
journals of international repute and also contributed three book chapters to the field of agriculture.
He has also supervised 3 PhD students and more than10 M. Sc. (Hons.)/M.Phil. students for their
research work and theses write-up. Dr. Ali recently won a research project worth PKR 4.323 Million
from Higher Education Commission, Pakistan under NRPU.
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 Conference Program

Climate Change: Impacts & Solutions

November 07-09, 2022

Day 1 (Monday, November 07, 2022)

16:00-17:00 Networking reception

Day 1

17:00-19:00 Workshop: Coordinated approaches to mitigate the impacts of climate change

19:00-20:00 Dinner

Day 2 (Tuesday, November 08, 2022)

08:00-10:00 Registration/Reception tea

10:00-12:30 Inaugural session (CAS Auditorium, University of Agriculture Faisalabad)

10:00 Guest to be seated

10:05 National Anthem of Pakistan

10:10 Recitation from Holy Quran and Naat-e-Rasool (SAWW)

10:20 Welcome address

(Prof. Dr. Ghulam Murtaza, Director, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences, UAF)
Climate change: Impacts & Solutions - Introduction
10:30 (Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah, Focal person, Institute of Soil & Environmental Sciences,
UAF)
Day 2

10:40 Keynote lecture 1: Crop residues as source or sink of climate change

(Prof. Dr. Rattan Lal, The Ohio State University Columbus, USA)

11:00 Keynote lecture 2: Sustainable crop production intensification in changing climate

(Dr. Muhammad Farooq, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman)
Keynote lecture 3: Carbon sequestration and climate change: 4per1000 initiative
11:30
(Dr. Cornelia Rumpel, Sorbonne University, Paris France)
Address by Chief guest
12:00
(Prof. Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan (S.I), Vice Chancellor, UAF)
Vote of thanks
12:20
(Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, UAF)

12:30 Group Photo

12:35-14:00 Lunch/Prayer break

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 Technical Session-I (CAS Auditorium, University of Agriculture Faisalabad)
Effect of Climate Change on Soil Functions/Services
Chairs:
14:00-16:00
- Dr. Tariq Aziz (Principal, Depalpur Sub-campus, UAF/ Regional Director INI)
- Dr. Muhammad Arshad (NUST, Islamabad)
- Dr. Muhammad Shahid, (COMPSATS, Vehari Campus)

Plenary lecture: How to increase soil carbon?

14:00-14:20
(Prof. Dr. Yakov Kuzyakov, George-August University, Göttingen, Germany)

Plenary Lecture: Nitrogen and climate change

14:20-14:40
(Dr. Mark Sutton, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Midlothian, UK)

Invited lecture: Carbon sequestration through turf grass management

14:40-15:00
(Dr. Derk Bakker, FC College University, Lahore. Pakistan)

Temperature shifts of nitrification potential in variably perturbed soil ecosystems of

lesser Himalaya
(Dr. Farhan Hafeez, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus)
Day 2

Abiotic Stresses due to Climatic Changes emphasizes to understand the Molecular

Mechanisms leading to Develop Drought Stress Tolerant Plants
(Dr. Sadia Rasheed, RIKEN Yokohama Campus, Japan)

Impact of organic and inorganic ameliorants on arsenic geochemical fractionation and

CO2-carbon efflux under reduced conditions
(Dr. M. Mahroz Hussain, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)

Effect of Colpomenia sinuosa and Iyengaria stellata on the growth of Zea mays under
15:00-15:50
salinity stress
(Dr. Sadaf Gul, University of Karachi)

Comparative effect of ZnNPs and ZnSO4 on growth and biochemical attributes of turnip
(Brassica rapa L.) Under drought stress
(Dr. Zuhair Hasnain, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Attock Campus)

Future of zinc biofortification of wheat under elevated carbon dioxide conditions

(Dr. Muhammad Asif, Sabanci University, Turkey)

Effect of plant residue quality on decomposition and soil quality under different input
rates
(Mr. Tahseen Afzal, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)

15:50-16:00 Q/A session

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 Technical Session-II (CAS Room-I, University of Agriculture Faisalabad)
Climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies
Chairs:
14:00-16:00
- Prof. Dr. Hafiz Naeem Asghar (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)
- Dr. Muhammad Arif (BZU, Multan)
- Dr. Rizwan Ahmad (NARC, Islamabad)

Plenary lecture: Nitrogenous greenhouse gases emissions from agriculture: Pakistan

14:00-14:20 Perspective
(Dr. Ahmad Naeem Shahzad, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan)

Invited lecture: Industrial role and responsibilities to reduce the impact of climate change
14:20-14:40
(Dr. Hammad Majeed, University of Management and Technology, Sialkot, Pakistan)

Invited lecture: Potential of nutrient management practices to mitigate effects of climate

14:40-15:00 changes on crop production
(Dr. Ghulam Murtaza Jamro, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan)
Mitigating water deficit stress in cotton plant through exogenous application of bio-
chemicals
(Dr. Ahmad Waqas, CCRI, Multan)
Day 2

Farmers' adaptation strategies against climate change in district Laki Marwat

(Dr. Ijaz Ashraf, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)

Drought tolerant rhizobacteria can be a tool for growth promotion of maize under water
deficit stress conditions
(Dr. Hafiz Tanvir Ahmad, Soil Fertility Research Institute, Lahore)
Low doses of caffeine as seed priming are effective for the induction of water stress
15:00-15:50 tolerance in wheat at germination and early vegetative stage
(Dr. Qasim, GC University, Faisalabad)

Climate change mitigation strategies effecting life in fresh water

(Dr. Naheed Bano, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan)

Perspectives of digital farming and its applications for precision agriculture and to
mitigate climate challenges
(Hafiz M. Bilawal Akram, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)

Climatic variation and cereal productivity in Punjab, Pakistan

(Dr. Qasir Abbas, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)

15:50-16:00 Q/A session

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 Technical Session-III (CAS Room-II, University of Agriculture Faisalabad)
Crop production/protection and climatic challenges
Chairs:
14:00-16:00
- Dr. Muhammad Saqib (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)
- Dr. Muhammad Fahim Khokhar (NUST, Islamabad)
- Dr. Tanvir Shahzad (GC University, Faisalabad)
Plenary lecture: Changes in distribution of crop pathogens due to climate change
14:00-14:20 imparting a serious threat to food security
(Dr. Sajid Ali, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan)
Invited lecture: Cropland soils and carbon sequestration: role of root vs shoot residue in
14:20-14:40 mitigating greenhouse effect and climate change
(Dr. Majid Mahmood Tahir, University of the Poonch, Rawalakot, AJK, Pakistan)
Invited lecture: Conservation agriculture: a way to sustainability
14:40-15:00
(Dr. Sajid Ali, The University of Punjab, Lahore)
Development of short duration strains of potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.) to mitigate
changing climatic conditions
(Dr. Syed Ijaz- Ul- Hassan, Potato Research Institute, Sahiwal)
Influence of weather parameters on the population of fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera
frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in maize growing areas of Punjab, Pakistan
(Dr. Shahbaz Ahmad, University of the Punjab, Lahore)
Application of climate smart agricultural practices on wheat crop to increase yield and
Day 2

mitigate emission of greenhouse gases in district Bhimber of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
(Dr. Muhammad Ishtiaq, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Pakistan)

Genetic signature of root system architecture under different nitrogen application rate in
15:00-15:50
wheat (Miss Rubab Iqbal, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)

Transformation of modified sucrose isomerase gene in local sugarcane genotype for

enhanced sugar recovery
(Dr. Bushra Tabassum, University of the Punjab, Lahore)
Temperature-based prediction and validation of pink bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella
infestation on cotton crop
(Dr. Sabir Hussain, Mir Chakar Khan Rind University Sibi)
Field response and molecular screening of European wheat germplasm against wheat
powdery mildew disease at the Himalayan and Hindukush region of Pakistan
(Dr. Aamir Iqbal, CIMMYT Pakistan)

15:50-16:00 Q/A session

16:00-16:20 Tea/Coffee break

16:20-17:30 Poster session-I (CAS Lobby, University of Agriculture Faisalabad)

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Day 3 (Wednesday, November 09, 2022)

Technical Session-IV (CAS Auditorium, University of Agriculture Faisalabad)

Sustainable agriculture production under changing climate
Chairs:
09:00-11:00
- Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yaseen (University of Agriculture Faisalabad)
- Dr. Abid Niaz (AARI, Faisalabad)
- Dr. Sajid Ali (Hazara University, Mansehra)

Plenary Lecture: Recarbonising soil for decarbonising Agriculture

09:00-09:20
(Prof. Dr. Nanthi Bolan, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, Perth, Australia)

Invited lecture: Impacts of climate change on animal production

09:20-09:40
(Hafiz Muhammad Wasi Khan, Solve Agri Pak (Private) Limited, Lahore, Pakistan)

Invited lecture: How to Manage the Impacts of Climate Change in Pakistan

09:40-10:00
(Dr Muhammad Fahim Khokhar, NUST, Islamabad, Pakistan)

Conversion of waste to energy: Strategy to combat climate change

(Dr. Rizwan Ahmad, NARC, Islamabad)

Role of decarbonization in nutrients dynamics under semi-arid climate

(Ms. Sadia Sultana, AARI, Faisalabad)
Day 3

Mitigation of NH3 and N2O emissions using enhanced efficiency nitrogenous fertilizers in
rice-wheat cropping system
(Dr. Tajammal Hussain, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)
Effects of selenium and a commercial microbial biostimulant on wheat under water
deficit conditions
10:00-11:50 (Dr. Fahim Nawaz, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan)

Amelioration of chromium stress in mung bean (Vigna radiate L.) primed with tryptophan
(Dr. Saqib Mahmood, GC University, Faisalabad)

Investigation of industrial, municipal sewage sludge and their compost to mitigate

climate change influence on small farmers: a two years field experiment
(Dr. Umair Riaz, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan)

Soil CO2-C efflux and extracellular enzymes activities under salinity and different
temperature regimes
(Dr. Abul Qadeer, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)

10:50-11:00 Q/A session

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 Technical Session-V (CAS Room-I, University of Agriculture Faisalabad)
Conservation of natural resources/Sustainable animal production under changing
climate
09:00-11:00 Chairs:
- Dr. Sabir Hussain (GC University Faisalabad)
- Dr. Ghulam Murtaza Jamro (Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam)
- Dr. Majid Mahmood Tahir (University of the Poonch, Rawalakot)

Plenary Lecture: Managing soils under changing climate

09:00-09:20
(Dr. Tanvir Shahzad, GC University Faisalabad, Pakistan)

Invited lecture: Biochar upregulates the microbial abundance and enzyme activity to
09:20-09:40 alleviate the toxic effects of microplastic in a soil-plant system
(Dr. Ghulam Haider, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad)

Invited lecture: Building Climate Resilience in Agriculture

09:40-10:00
(Dr. Wajid Nasim Jatoi, Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan)
Day 3

Global impact of mycotoxinsː Human-animal-environment interface

(Dr. Muhammad Kashif Saleemi, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)

Measuring greenhouse gas emissions in brachiaria pastures under rotational and

continuous grazing
(Dr. Sayeda Maryam Hussain, PMAS, Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi)

Composting of abattoir sludge: a way forward to control parasitic infection and efficient
usage as organic fertilizer
(Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Rizwan, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore)
10:00-11:50
Rhizodegradation of hydrocarbons and growth enhancement of chickpea by newly
developed bacterial consortia in diesel contaminated soil
(Mr. Muhammad Hayder Ali, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)

Floristic diversity, distribution pattern and species richness along the altitudinal gradient
in roundu valley district Skardu
(Dr. Masum Haider, Karakorum International University, Gilgit)
Access the past, present and future climate change impact on glacio hydrology under
shared socioeconomic pathways for selecting CMIP6 scenarios in Indus River basin
(Miss Hafsa Muzammal, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)

10:50-11:00 Q/A session

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 Technical Session-VI (CAS Room-II, University of Agriculture Faisalabad)
Climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies
Chairs:
09:00-11:00
- Dr. Syed Aftab Wajid (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)
- Dr. Ahmad Naeem Shahzad (BZU, Multan)
- Dr. Irshad Bibi (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)
Plenary Lecture: Fate of biochar-sorbed metals in soils: influence on plant uptake of
09:00-09:20 mineral nutrients
(Dr. Farooq Qayyum, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan)
Invited lecture: Soybean production in Pakistan under changing climate: Challenges and
09:20-09:40 prospects
(Dr Saeed A. Asad, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan)

Invited lecture: Arsenic groundwater contamination and remediation in South Punjab,

09:40-10:00 Pakistan
(Dr. Muhammad Shahid, COMSATS University, Vehari campus, Pakistan)

Climate change and public health at the environment-human one health interface
(Dr. Muhammad Imran Arshad, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)

Evaluating climate change adaptations for better wheat production using a multi-model
approach
Day 3

(Dr. Muhammad Shaukat, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad)

Adaptation strategies for climate change and desertification in Thal desert region of
Pakistan: Implications for agricultural extension
(Dr. Babar Shahbaz, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)
Effect of microwave irradiation and ascorbic acid on morpho-physiological and
10:00-11:50 biochemical attributes of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) under surgical industry
wastewater irrigation: A lab scale study (Dr. Mujahid Farid, University of Gujrat)
Agroforestry and climate change: A comparison of microclimate, wheat growth and
productivity under alley and mono cropping agriculture system
(Dr. Fahad Rasheed, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)

Impact of climate change on economy

(Dr. Akram Rashid, Air University, Islamabad)

Effect of Climate Change on Peak Runoff and Sediment Discharge in Kassi Nullah
Haripur
(Dr. Rasheed Ahmed, University of Haripur, KPK)

10:50-11:00 Q/A session

11:00-11:20 Tea/Coffea Break

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 11:20-12:00 Poster session-II (CAS Auditorium, UAF)

Panel discussion on “Climate change: Challenges and way forward for Pakistan”
12:00-13:00
(CAS Auditorium, UAF)

Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah (Moderator)

Panel experts:
• Mr. Asif Sharif, Founder chairman & CE Pedaver (Pvt.) Lahore, Pakistan
• Dr. Muhammad Farooq, Sultan Qaboos University Oman
• Dr. Muhammad Arshad, NUST Islamabad
• Dr. Abid Niaz, Climate Change Center, AARI, Faisalabad
• Naseerullah Khan, Technical Services Manager, Fatima Fertilizers
• Dr. Munir Hussain Zia, FFC Pakistan

13:00-14:00 Concluding Session (CAS Auditorium, UAF)

Day 3

National Anthem of Pakistan

Recitation from Holy Quran and Naat-e-Rasool (SAWW)
Recommendations of the Conference
Distribution of certificates/shields/announcement of poster prizes
Address of Chief Guest
Vote of thanks

14:00-14:15 Smog Awareness Walk

14:15-15:00 Lunch break and departure of delegates

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