Faculty & Staff
Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed
Assistant Professor (HEC Approved Supervisor)
Ph. D (PMAS, Arid Agriculture University/The Sydney University)

Post Doc Washington State University USA under USDA-NIFA funded project "Regional Approaches for Climate Change" (REACCH) (2014-16).
Department of Agronomy
Phone : +92-51-9292089  
Mobile : +92-333-5434241  
Fax : +92-51-9290160
Email : [email protected]
Address : Department of Agronomy, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Murree Road Rawalpindi
Work Experience : 19 Year(s)
Research Interest :
  • Climate Change impact assessment
  • Agro-ecosystem Modeling and Remote sensing/GIS
  • Whole farm modeling
  • Cropping systems Agronomy
  • Crop Physiology
  • Climate Change/Climate extremes Adaptation
  • Uncertainty analysis/LCA/C-Footprint
  • Risk management analysis
  • Modelling biomass flows at landscape level and the dynamics of organic matter in soil
  • Biogeochemical cycling
  • Total Publications : 142
    Publications (Latest Ten)
    1. Afzal O, Ahmed M, Hassan F.U, Shabbir G, Ahmed S, Hoogenboom G. (2024). CSM-CROPGRO model to simulate safflower phenological development and yield. International Journal of Biometeorology https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-024-02662-0 (IF=3.2)

    2. Liu, B., Martre, P., Ewert, F., Webber, H., Waha, K., Thorburn, P. J., Ruane, A. C., Aggarwal, P. K., Ahmed, M., Balkovic, J., Basso, B., Biernath, C., Bindi, M., Cammarano, D., Cao, W., Challinor, A. J., De Sanctis, G., Dumont, B., Espadafor, M., Eyshi Rezaei, E., Fereres, E., Ferrise, R., Garcia-Vila, M., Gayler, S., Gao, Y., Horan, H., Hoogenboom, G., Izaurralde, R. C., Jabloun, M., Jones, C. D., Kassie, B. T., Kersebaum, K. C., Klein, C., Koehler, A.-K., Maiorano, A., Minoli, S., Montesino San Martin, M., Muller, C., Naresh Kumar, S., Nendel, C., O'Leary, G. J., Eivind Olesen, J., Palosuo, T., Porter, J. R., Priesack, E., Ripoche, D., Rotter, R. P., Semenov, M. A., Stockle, C., Stratonovitch, P., Streck, T., Supit, I., Tao, F., Van der Velde, M., Wang, E., Wolf, J., Xiao, L., Zhang, Z., Zhao, Z., Zhu, Y., Asseng, S. (2023). AgMIP-Wheat multi-model simulations on climate change impact and adaptation for global wheat. Open Data Journal for Agricultural Research, 9,10-25. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18174/odjar.v9i0.18092

    3. Guarin, J., P. Martre, F. Ewert, H. Webber, S. Dueri, D. Calderini, M. Reynolds, G. Molero, D. Miralles, G. Garcia, G. Slafer, F. Giunta, D. Pequeno, T. Stella, M. Ahmed, P. Alderman, B. Basso, A. Berger, M. Bindi, G. Bracho-Mujica, D. Cammarano, Y. Chen, B. Dumont, E. Eyshi Rezaei, E. Fereres, R. Ferrise, T. Gaiser, Y. Gao, M. Garcia-Vila, S. Gayler, Z. Hochman, G. Hoogenboom, L. Hunt, K. Kersebaum, C. Nendel, J. Olesen, T. Palosuo, E. Priesack, J. Pullens, A. Rodriguez, R. Rotter, M. Ruiz Ramos, M. Semenov, N. Senapati, S. Siebert, A. Srivastava, C. Stockle, I. Supit, F. Tao, P. Thorburn, E. Wang, T. Weber, L. Xiao, Z. Zhang, C. Zhao, J. Zhao, Z. Zhao, Y. Zhu, and S. Asseng, 2023: A high-yielding traits experiment for modeling potential production of wheat: Field experiments and AgMIP-Wheat multi-model simulations. Open Data J. Agric. Res., 9, 26-33, doi:10.18174/odjar.v9i0.18573.

    4. Rafique, R., Ahmad, T., Khan, M. A., & Ahmed, M. (2023). Temperature variability during the growing season affects the quality attributes of table grapes in Pothwar-insight from a new emerging viticulture region in South Asia. International Journal of Biometeorology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-023-02548-7 (IF=3.2)

    5. Ahmed, M, Rehman A., Sarwar N., Dogan H., Abbas G., Khan M. A., Kan M., Raza M.A., Hussain S., Ahmad S., and Fatima Z., (2023). Deciding sowing-window for maize-based cropping system in arid and semiarid environments in Punjab, Pakistan," Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry: Vol. 47: No. 6, Article 22. https://doi.org/10.55730/1300-011X.3149 (IF=2.669)

    6. Abbas, G., Ahmed, M., Fatima, Z., Hussain, S., Kheir, A. M. S., Ercisli, S., & Ahmad, S. (2023). Modeling the potential impact of climate change on maize-maize cropping system in semi-arid environment and designing of adaptation options. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 341, 109674. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109674 (IF=6.2)

    7. Rafique R, Ahmad T, Khan MA, Ahmed M, Atak A (2024) Pheno-physiological responses of grapevine cultivars vary under the influence of growing season temperature a study from Pothwar region of Pakistan. In, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), Leuven, Belgium, pp 197-204. ISHS Acta Horticulturae. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2024.1385.25

    8. Wahab AA, Hussain M, Fatima Z, Ahmed M, Ahmad S (2024) Evaluating the Interactive Impact of Nitrogen Levels and Cultivars on Yield Traits, Nitrogen use Efficiency, Water use Efficiency and Benefit Cost Ratio of Ratoon Rice in Punjab, Pakistan. International Journal of Plant Production. doi:10.1007/s42106-023-00280-1(IF=2.5)

    9. Galmarini S, Solazzo E, Ferrise R, Srivastava AK, Ahmed M, Asseng S, Cannon AJ, Dentener F, De Sanctis G, Gaiser T, Gao Y, Gayler S, Gutierrez JM, Hoogenboom G, Iturbide M, Jury M, Lange S, Loukos H, Maraun D, Moriondo M, McGinnis S, Nendel C, Padovan G, Riccio A, Ripoche D, Stockle CO, Supit I, Thao S, Trombi G, Vrac M, Weber TKD, Zhao C (2024) Assessing the impact on crop modelling of multi- and uni-variate climate model bias adjustments. Agricultural Systems 215:103846. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2023.103846 (IF=6.6)

    10. Kalsoom T, Khan M.A, Rana R.M, Ahmed M, Ditta A, Soufan W, Werbrouck S, El Sabagh A. (2024). Quantification of Phenological, Physiological, and Morphological Response of Kiwifruit Varieties under Rainfed Conditions. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. https://doi.org/10.15244/pjoes/178083 (IF=1.8)

    Awards & Honors
    1. In the list of top 2% scientists in the world

    2. Best Researcher Award 2022 from Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC), PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

    3. Research Paper Award 2023 from Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC), PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

    4. Research Paper Award 2022 from Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC), PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

    5. Research Paper Award 2020 from Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC), PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

    6. Best Researcher Award 2020 from Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC), PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

    7. PIARN Australian Scholarship (2011)

    8. HEC Pakistan Indigenous Scholarship for PhD (2007-2011)

    9. APCC Young Scientist Scholarship S. Korea Busan (2011)

    10. Research Productivity Award 2012 By Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST)

    11. Productive Scientist of Pakistan By Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST)

    12. USDA-NIFA Funded Post Doc