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expertise in Cropping system model "Decision Support System for Agro-technology Transfer (DSSAT) and GIS softwares (ArcGIS and ERDAS). He has over 100 publications in national and international peer reviewed journals and books over his areas of expertise. He is reviewer of many national and international well-reputed journals. He is also editor of international book "Building Climate Resilience in Agriculture-Theory, Practice and Future Perspective".

Dr. Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi is working in the Department of Chemistry at COMSATS University Islamabad Campus, Pakistan. Dr. Hashmi works on multiple water, soil, air and health related issues, and has expertise in developing environmentally sustainable and feasible technologies.

Dr Shaukat Ali holds PhD in Meteorology from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He also has an LLB degree with a special focus on Environmental Law. Currently, He is working as Senior Scientific Officer in Global Change Impact Study Centre (GCISC), Ministry of Climate Change, Government of Pakistan. He started his career as a lecturer at the University and then worked for different government departments in Pakistan. Dr Ali has also worked as a consultant for Asian Development Bank. He is a visiting research scholar to 1. Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, 2. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Vienna, Austria and 3. APEC Climate Center (APCC), Busan, Korea. He is leading a regional research project (CRRP2018-04MY-Ali) funded by Asia Pacific Network on Global Change Research (APN). His peer-reviewed publications cover topics ranging from climate modelling, future projections of climate, extreme events and impact assessment of climate change. He is involved in multiple efforts to communicate scientific research on climate change to the public and policymakers.
Dr Shah Fahad is working in the Department of Agronomy, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He obtained his PhD in Agronomy from Huazhong Agriculture University, China, in 2015. After doing his postdoctoral research in Agronomy at the Huazhong Agriculture University (2015-17), he accepted the position of Assistant Professor at the University of Haripur. He has published over 430 peer-reviewed papers (Impact factor 1834) with more than 370 research and 60 review articles, on important aspects of climate change, plant physiology and breeding, plant nutrition, plant stress responses and tolerance mechanisms, and exogenous chemical priming-induced abiotic stress tolerance. He has also contributed 80 book chapters to various book editions published by Springer, Wiley-Blackwell, and Elsevier. He has edited seventeen book volumes, including this one, published by CRC press, Springer, and Intech Open. He won Young Rice International Scientist award and distinguish scholar award in 2014 and 2015 respectively. He won 17 projects from international and national donor agencies. Dr Shah Fahad figured in the Clarivate's 2021and 2022 lists of Highly Cited Researchers. His name included among the top 02% scientists in a global list compiled by the Stanford University, USA.

Dr KhalidMahmood has PhD in agriculture economics from the University of Gottingen, Germany, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy of England. For the last decade, he is working with the Rothamsted Research Institute in the UK which has a history of the world's longest-running experience on crop nutrition starting back in 1843. In the past, he worked with Federal Agri Research Von Thunen Institute, Germany, Royal Agriculture University, UK, and Agri & Horticulture Board (AHDB), UK. He is leading in developing research and partnerships in sustainable agriculture, soil health, bio-saline agriculture, and smart crop protection especially innovative solutions for climate-smart agriculture in the Middle East & North Africa.