Scholarship: Australia Awards Scholarship — funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia.

Research Thesis: Improving Dual Purpose Wheat Cropping in Tasmania by Evaluating Defoliation Strategies and New Genotypes.

Research Thesis: Effect of different zinc application methods on yield and yield component of maize.

Research and review documents on water use efficiency, water budgets, and consumption in summer forage crops. Focused on sole and mixed summer forage cropping systems.

Multidisciplinary agricultural research role in a provincial government department focused on strengthening the agriculture sector through crop research, variety development, and farming community capacity building.

• Conducted research on wheat, maize, apple, potato, French bean and sweet orange focusing on climate resilience and disease resistance — registered 10 crop varieties as breeder/co-breeder.
• Managed seed production farm and Temperate Fruit Germplasm Unit for 5 years.
• Delivered on-farm agronomic and technical support; monitored crops for pests, disease, nutrition, moisture, maturity and harvest timing.
• Accessed biosecurity risks and conducted soil fertility tests; ensured biosafety protocols at field, store, and laboratory.
• Organized capacity building sessions and on-farm training for farmers.
• Composed and tracked grant proposals; prepared quarterly and annual technical and financial reports.
• Supervised and trained 15+ Honours and 2 Master's students for research projects.
• Technical team member on multiple provincially funded research projects.

• Monitored tobacco production at farmer fields; achieved sales, marketing and buying targets.
• Delivered training to 100+ tobacco growers in Mansehra on Virginia tobacco cultivation and processing.
• Introduced new tobacco varieties; managed nursery raising and seedling transplantation.
• Completed full tobacco training module: crop husbandry, leaf picking, curing, processing, packaging, storage, transportation, grading and blending.

Livelihoods project in Konsh Valley, Mansehra, targeting 6,000 ultra-poor households. Agriculture was the prime focus.

• Mapped project area using GIS/MIS to estimate agricultural potential and agro-climatic conditions.
• Designed and laid out adaptive trials of wheat, maize, potato, tomato, squash and cauliflower across multiple locations.
• Transformed mono-cropping to bi-cropping — first-ever grain yield of maize variety "Khyber-87" in the area.
• Set up off-season vegetable plots resulting in higher farm returns for smallholders.
• Published extension messages and crop production manuals to raise farming awareness.

• Led field staff in promoting tea crop and conducted evaluation experiments on tea clones (Camellia Sinensis & Camellia Asamica).
• Conducted adaptive trials on plantation timing, plant spacing, soil chemistry (pH, texture) and nutrient uptake efficiency.
• Standardised tea harvest timing to enhance beverage quality after processing.
• Maintained tea processing unit; ensured continuous green tea leaf supply through harvest planning.
• Ensured WHS standards; conducted monthly risk and hazard assessments at farm and processing unit.