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Dr. Qamar Zaman, Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture was the recent recipient of the prestigious Glenn Downing Award in recognition of his outstanding work in industry, teaching, research and extension in the area of machinery systems. Zaman received the award at the International Joint American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers and Canadian Society for BioEngineering Annual Meeting in Montreal, Quebec on July 13-17, 2014

Dr. Zaman has established state-of-the art facilities in the area of Precision Agriculture Research in Atlantic Canada at the Faculty of Agriculture, to increase farm profitability and reduce environmental risks. He has developed strong and effective partnerships with industry, government and other institutions to support PA research needs.

Dr. Zaman is a pioneer in the field of Precision Agriculture and has already invented cost-effective Variable Rate (VR) technology for spot application of agrochemicals. In fact, he has received a US Patent and Canadian Patent for the invention of his VR Sprayer System. He has saved significant amount of agrochemicals and decreased Nitrate-Nitrogen concentration in ground water with VR technology in blueberry fields. He is very confident these viable, affordable, reliable and farmer friendly technologies can be implemented in North America to reduce production cost and environmental impacts.

Dr. Zaman is recognized internationally for his accomplishments and has worked in four internationally renowned PA programs including the University of Florida, University of Agriculture, Pakistan, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and Dalhousie University Canada. He has been serving as visiting professor in Pakistani universities and delivered lectures in several international seminars as invited/keynote speaker and resource person in several countries.

Dr. Zaman, during the past six years, has also supervised many undergraduate students as well as five post-doctoral fellows, six international researchers, nine M.Sc. and five Ph.D. students.  He has conducted several workshops at local, national and international levels and published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious journals.

He is a highly sought speaker at national and international seminars and workshops and has made over 100 conference, industry and extension presentations over the past few years.

Congratulations Dr. Zaman!