Organizing Committee Member
Muhammad Usman
Scientist
Agricultural Research System
Pakistan
Biography
Mr. Muhammad Usman, Former Director General of Agricultural Research System, Govt. of Pakistan who retired from service after a spotless career of about 35 years (1974-2009) with senior level experience work on energy and agriculture particularly integrated agricultural industries like livestock and dairy development, aquaculture and fishery, apiculture and poultry industries, animal and poultry feed, bioenergy, renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean technology on a sustainable way. Basically, Mr. Usman is an agricultural scientist worki ng as plant breeder, released several varieties, has 60 publications and always presented research papers on energy and agricult ure in the international conferences around the world like Geneva-Switzerland. He is also working on the sustainable agricultural production system, fruits and vegetable, seed science, plant science, food science and nutrition,landsca ping as per training received on the improvement and advance breeding methodology of food and feed legumes from an International Center for Agricultural Research in the dry areas (ICARDA) from March - June 1990 at Aleppo-Syri a as well as in Pakistan during my stay in the department.
Research Area
Agricultural industries,oil seed, Plant breeding, (oils,fats,protein, plant lipids),Agric ultural/Food Chemistry, Bioscience of Lipids and Renewable energy on a susta inable way.