Bilal Muhammad

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Education Information

• 2016 - 2020 PhD Agri-Economics

  Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Germany

• - M.Sc.(Hons) Development Economics

  University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan

• 2022 - DSc (Economics)

  WIUT, Uzbekistan

Dissertation

• Agrifood systems, productivity analysis, sustainable development, technology adoption, consumer decisions, rural development, digitisation, sustainable intensification, choice experiment, impact assessment, microeconomics of agricultural policy analysis, smallholder, and policy writing

• A discussion on the outcomes of adopted agricultural technological products and specific sustainable development goals: Evidence from Pakistan
  Articles published in International Journals

  DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2022.2132644

• The role of crop protection products of multinational brands for agricultural sustainability in the cotton-growing zone in Pakistan
  Articles published in International Journals

  DOI: 10.17170/kobra-202201195568

• Farm and farmer capital foster adoption of improved quality agrochemical inputs in the cotton-wheat zone of the Punjab, Pakistan
  Articles published in International Journals

  DOI: 10.17170/kobra-20191217881

• Barriers to the adoption of multiple agricultural innovations: insights from Bt cotton, wheat seeds, herbicides and no-tillage in Pakistan
  Articles published in International Journals

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2024.2318934

• Exploring the potential determinants to favour available entrepreneurial strategies among dairy farmers of southern Punjab in Pakistan
  Articles published in International Journals

  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1389224X.2024.2314790

• Adoption determinants of the multiple agricultural innovations by smallholders: insights from sustainable agriculture intensification in Pakistan
  Refereed congress / Symposium Publications in Proceedings

  https://hdl.handle.net/10419/289832

• To analyse the suitability of a set of social and economic indicators that assesses the impact on SI enhancing advanced technological inputs by farming households in Punjab Pakistan
  Other publications

  https://hdl.handle.net/10419/167583

• The adoption of cotton combine services and farm technical efficiency: evidence from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
  Articles published in International Journals

  https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JADEE-06-2024-0207/full/html

• Potential of crop diversification to address the hidden costs of major crop value chains in Central Asia – Background paper for The State of Food and Agriculture 2024. Rome, FAO.
  Books & Book Chapters

  https://doi.org/10.4060/cd2993en

Supported Projects

• 2017 - 2020 Food security effects of multinational brands crop protection products: Evidence from cotton-wheat zone Punjab, Pakistan

  Principal investigator; Fiat Panis Foundation, Ulm (project no:29/2017)

• 2023 - Training facilitator for the International Strategic Center for Agriculture Development (ISCAD) & Agriculture Support and Knowledge (ASK)

  Team member in an international project under the Term of Reference "Development of evidence-based agri-food policy analysis capacities" Ref.Ares (2022) 7529091, funded through the EU initiative in the Agriculture Support and Knowledge (ASK) Facility under the Ministry of Agriculture of Uzbekistan. Training facilitator to strengthen the capacity building of the newly established International Strategic Center for Agriculture Development (ISCAD) Tashkent and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Uzbekistan & Report writing

• 2024 - UzFarmBarometer project/The resilient agriculture value chain

  Team member in an international project “UzFarmBarometer project” is part of a joint funding initiative for scientific projects between Germany and Uzbekistan. The project aims to uncover novel insights that will inform the development of effective strategies for promoting sustainable agricultural practices in Uzbekistan by combining a farm survey and behavioral experiments.

Grant proposals

• 2024 - FAO, ROME, SOFA Project "Potential of Diversified Agrifood Systems to Address Hidden Costs of Agrifood Systems in Central Asian Countries"

  Principal investigator in SOFA 2024 by FAO The project is about to write a Background paper for SOFA 2024: Potential of Diversified Agrifood Systems to Address Hidden Costs of Agrifood Systems in Central Asian Countries. The FAO's flagship publication is the State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA). This report is a comprehensive annual overview of topics related to FAO’s twin mandate. It strongly emphasizes emerging development areas, such as agrifood systems and digital technologies in agriculture.

Activities in Scientific Journals

• 2024 Reviewer

  Reviewer recognition in SN Business & Economics (SNBE).

• 2024 Reviewer

  Reviewer recognition in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.

• 2024 Reviewer

  Reviewer recognition in Review of Development Economics.

Scientific Consultation

• 2024 34th FAO Regional Conference in Rome on May 16th, 2024

  Presented a Background paper for SOFA 2024 at the 34th FAO Regional Conference in Rome on May 16th, 2024: Potential of Diversified Crops to Address Hidden Costs of Agrifood Systems in Central Asian Countries. The FAO's flagship publication is the State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA).

• 2023 Training facilitator

  Training facilitator for the International Strategic Center for Agriculture Development (ISCAD) & Agriculture Support and Knowledge (ASK).

• 2023 External Examinar

  External Examiner for 02 master thesis (Economic department at ITU, Pakistan)

Invited Congress & Symposium Activities

• 2024 34th FAO Regional Conference in Rome on May 16th, 2024

  Invited for a talk at the 34th FAO Regional Conference in Rome on May 16th, 2024. Background paper for SOFA 2024: Potential of Diversified Agrifood Systems to Address Hidden Costs of Agrifood Systems in Central Asian Countries. The State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) is the FAO`s flagship publication.

• 2024 FAO side event on TCA

  Attended an invited workshop on food systems transformation. At FAO side event on TCA (May 22) at 11 am CET.

Citations

• 2024 A discussion on the outcomes of adopted agricultural technological products and specific sustainable development goals: Evidence from Pakistan

  Cited by: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/9/3555

• 2024 Exploring the Potential Determinants to Favour Available Entrepreneurial Strategies among Dairy Farmers of Southern Punjab in Pakistan

  Cited by: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/9/3555

• 2024 Barriers to the adoption of multiple agricultural innovations: insights from Bt cotton, wheat seeds, herbicides and no-tillage in Pakistan

  Cited by: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-024-04942-6

• 2024 Farm and farmer capital foster adoption of improved quality agrochemical inputs in the cotton-wheat zone of the Punjab, Pakistan

  Cited by: https://jgiass.com/issue/43 https://doi.org/10.22194/JGIAS/24.1276

• 2024 A discussion on the outcomes of adopted agricultural technological products and specific sustainable development goals: Evidence from Pakistan

  Cited by: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003267024009577?via%3Dihub