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Dr. Fahd Rasul

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Organization: University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Country: Pakistan
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Climate change impact assessment on different food production systems, sustainability and resilience assessment of major crops, policy development through modeling approaches and strategies for mitigation and adaptation for changing climate

Agronomist | Researcher | Farm Management | Agro-Climatologist | Teacher | Agriculture consultant | Crop Adviser | AgriBusiness Manager | Fulbright researcher, Faculty @ AgWeatherNet Washington state university, USA

Rural finance officer, Bank alfalah Burewala branch
Territory sales manager seeds at arif wala
Officer research and trials (seed) Syngenta pakistan limited. 
Assistant professor, Department of Agronomy, University of agriculture Faisalabad.

Specialties: Ph.D Agronomy, Crop Science, Management. MBA Marketing.

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    • For the objective of "Raising the profile and understanding of the contributions of small-scale livestock producers." they need to be engaged in an integrated farming system with crop land and livestock rearing in a circular system in which livestock waste contributing to soil enhancement through organic manure and soil producing healthy grass and nutritious grain for livestock in return. This integrated system should also have biogas production for small scale processing to meet the energy need of small farmer. The small farm should be subsidized with solar powered roof tops and beneath providing shade for animals. Agroecological systems can play important role, Some models have been tested in Pakistan for small scale farmer where one acre farms that give income through out the year to sustain livelihood have been tested and livestock should be tested specifically for Ecological & economic concerns. 

      • For common constraints to improved small-scale livestock productivity could be improved by keeping and practicing healthy environment at the small farm, hygiene, sufficient space, advanced breeds and knowledgeful farmer are prerequisite to overcome most of farming problems.   
      • Actions and practices that small-scale livestock producers and allied value chain actors could implement or advocate for include capacity building of farmers, a skilled person can manage the farm better, deploying smart gadgets and monitoring systems can improve productivity. Keeping a record at farm is essential which is lacking at most farms, and they don't consider it a business where own generated data and records of production and health of animals can play pivotal role. 
      • Themes identification should be focused on Small farm economics, ecology, energy and emissions in current scenario (4E) model. 

      In voluntary guidelines, it may be made necessary for farmers to take a one-week Audio-visual training at local livestock/ animal husbandry training school?office or farmer field school, Animal health check up process and basic kit at all farms should be available at all registered farms and farmers should subscribe to sms or any social media campaign by the Ministry of livestock for sustainable enhancement of small-scale livestock productivity. 

      Farmers may be given a star Ranking like hotels, 5 stars, 4 star category of farms for those who manage voluntary guidelines and implement sustainable farm practices. 

       

       

    • An increasing role of women in a religiously confiscated society where share of urban female in work force is limited to household. Opportunities for educated female and contribution of them in workforce is not at same level with men of the same ages. Work is carried out to empower females especially the educated ones for providing them opportunities to work. 

      Education system is not linked to the production system of country this making it a consumer economy. Gender balancing and equal opportunity employment is not practiced and nor advertised in any news potatoes. Nepotism and clan based system has been proven to be a hurdle in several development in organizations. 

      The CFS analysis is great and Agriculture based economic conditions of countries with access to job and work opportunities for females and climate action involvement demand gender role.