In memory of our dear friend and affiliate, we are dedicating this page for his published and unpublished work as his legacy for the years to come!
With a PhD in Agricultural Engineering from the Colorado State University and an illustrious 45 years’ career with ADB, CSU, IUCN and PARC, Dr. Ahmad was one of the leading water and natural resource management, and climate change assessment and adaptations experts in Pakistan. He worked on more than 60 short-term to long-term assignments with number of donor organisations. His areas of expertise included water management and development, drought and floods mitigation and management, integrated natural resource management, climate change impacts assessment and adaptations, disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management, policy analysis and development, strategy formulation and action planning, proposal writing and review, project identification, formulation, appraisal, implementation, reporting, supervision and evaluation, knowledge management, food security and livelihood development, community driven local development, project evaluation and completion reports.
He authored more than 300 reports in integrated land and water management, irrigation and drainage, salinity management, erosion control, agro-meteorology, resource use planning, participatory development, water informatics, climate change assessment, water policy and institutional reforms. He worked in Pakistan, Libya, Thailand and USA, and represented Pakistan at various international forums.
Balochistan: Policy Briefings
- Policy Briefings 2.3 – Farm Size & Equitable Distribution of Subsidy
- Policy Briefings 2.4 – Capping Tubewell Subsidy
- Policy Briefings 2.5 – Freezing Agricultural Tubewells
- Policy Briefings 2.7 – TNA
- Policy Briefings 2.8 – Sustaining RWSS
- Policy Briefings 3.1 – Tubewells’ Performance
- Policy Briefings 3.2 – Tubewell Irrigated Agriculture
- Policy Briefings 3.3 – Targeting Subsidy
- Policy Briefings 3.4 – Institution for Water Resource Planning
- Policy Briefings 3.5 – High Effeciency Irrigation
- Policy Briefings 3.6 – Drought & Water Availability
- Policy Briefings 3.7 – Restructuring NARS
- Policy Briefings 3.8 – Agricultural Tubewells & State of Energy
- Policy Briefings 3.9 – Mogha Command Management
- Policy Briefings 3.10 – Sailaba & Khushkaba Farming in Balochistan
- Policy Briefings 3.11 – Productivity & Efficiency of Tubewell Irrgated Farms
- Policy Briefings 3.12 – Abiana Assessment & Recovery
- Policy Briefings 3.13 – Rural Water Supply
- Policy Briefings 3.14 – Karez
- Policy Briefings 4.1 – Restructuring & Strengthening of Water Planning Directorate
- Policy Briefings 4.2 – Promising & Water Efficient Cropping Patterns for Irrigated Farming Systems in Balochistan
- Policy Briefings 4.3 – Renewable Energy for Rural WSS
- Policy Briefings 4.4 – Water Apportionment Accord
- Policy Briefings 4.5 – Water Apportionment of Hub Dam
- Policy Briefings 4.6 – Conjunctive Water Use in Balochistan
- Policy Briefings 4.7 – Reassessment of Water Resources and River Basins
- Policy Briefings 4.8 – Potential Recharge Zones
- Policy Briefings 4.9 – Institutional Impacts on Water Rights
- Policy Briefings 4.10 – IWRM in Balochistan
- Policy Briefings 4.11 – Restructuring & Strengthening of Agri Planning Directorate
- Policy Briefings 4.12 – Minimum E Flows
- Policy Briefings 4.13 – Spate Irrigation
Balochistan: Research Briefings
- Research Briefings 1.3 – Input Use Efficiency
- Research Briefings 1.5 – IDPs’ Diagnostic Survey
- Research Briefings 1.7 – Agricultural Strategy & Biofuels
- Research Briefings 1.9 – Prospects of Edible Oils & Bio-diesel in Pakistan
- Research Briefings 2.12 – Salt Tolerant Plants
- Research Briefings 2.13 – Pothowar Mini Dams
- Research Briefings 2.14 – Mint Production
- Research Briefings 2.15 – Ghabir Dam
- Research Briefings 2.16 – Cost-effective Bio-fertilizers
- Research Briefings 2.17 – Energy and Bio-fertilizers
- Research Briefings 3.18 – Solar Water Pumping
- Research Briefings 3.19 – Truffles
- Research Briefings 3.20 – Herbs 1
- Research Briefings 3.21 – Herbs 2