Advancing Climate Change Mitigation and Resilience Through Innovation and Policy

Muhammad Ashfaq (Tenured Professor) Professor Dr. Muhammad Ashfaq is currently working as Professor/Dean, Faculty of Management Studies, the University of Faisalabad-Pakistan. He completed his graduation in 1985 and earned MS degree in Agricultural Economics in 1988. He won the scholarship in 1990-91, from USAID for training in Agricultural Marketing and Sales from Colorado State University, USA. Later on he won scholarship from the World Bank for higher studies in Australia and went to University of New England, Armidale Australia in 1995 and successfully completed his PhD degree. There he carried out his doctoral level research on the key issue of agricultural policy in Pakistan. During his stay in Australia, he also actively participated in various socio-cultural activities. In the year 2006, he also won a prestigious Higher Education Commission funded fellowship and went to University of Laval, Canada for his post doctorate studies. Dr. Ashfaq has rendered services as consultant to various national and international organizations. He is also acting as PhD/MS supervisor for ICDD, Kassel University, Germany. He has also won the TWAS Associateship Award in 2011 and Australian Alumni Excellence Award in 2013 for Innovation and Research. He has supervised 12 PhD students and more than 150 MS/M.Phil/MSc students. He is the author/co-author of 5 books; 14 chapters and more than 100 research papers published in peer reviewed journals. He is also working as editor/section editor of different journals. He has completed 32 research projects as PI/Co-PI which were funded by national and international organisations like USAID, ACIAR, ICARDA, IFPRI, ILRI, AgMIP, JBIC, ADB, JICA, TiKA, UK Met Dept. and Govt of Pakistan. Experience: Prof. Ashfaq have more than 32 years of rich teaching and research experience and have interest and worked on various research projects in the following areas; o Irrigated Agriculture o Impact Assessment of Interventions o Supply Chain Management o Climate Change and Poverty   Contact Details Office: Faculty of Management Studies, The University of Faisalabad, Amin Campus, Canal Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan 38000 Residence: 188 Eden Garden (Nawab Block), Daewoo Road Faisalabad, Pakistan. 38000 Phone (Office): +92-41-8750971/412 Cell: 92-300-662 6237 E-mail: ashfaq9@hotmail.com, and dean.nbs@tuf.edu.pk ORCID: 0000-0003-3140-0341 Qualification: Ph.D, Post doc

Mr. Muhammad Tariq Iqbal Khan is currently working as a Lecturer in Economics at the Government Postgraduate College, Jaranwala. He started his research career as an Internee at the Technology transfer Institute. He joined Higher Education Department Punjab on 18-08-2012, as Lecturer in Economics. He has more than 12 years of teaching and research experience. He passed B.Sc. (Hons.) Agricultural and Resources Economics in 2011 from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. During his education, He actively participated in university-level competitions at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. He five times won the Quiz Competition at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad during graduation. He got M.Phil. Economics degree from the Government College University, Faisalabad in 2016. In 2017, He enrolled Ph.D. Economics from Government College University, Faisalabad. During his career, he has published 55research publications in refereed International and national journals, including 18 research papers that have been published in impact factor journals. The cumulative impact factor of his research is 200, having 1866 citations and an h-index 20. His current research focus is on disaster management, marketing efficiency, environmental economics, and agricultural economics. [Editor]