Muhammad Abid Shahzad

Contact

• workRoom C305 South lab
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• Abid.Shahzad1@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Education

PhD in Mountain Environment and Agriculture (Products of Mountain Areas), Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, 2018-2022

MS in Agricultural Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, China, 2015-2017

BS in Agriculture (Agribusiness Management), University of Karachi, Pakistan, 2010-2013

Expertise Summary

Research Summary

Abid's research interests are in the fields of Agricultural Economics. Specific interests include:

• Structural developments in agriculture and its impacts on policy in the EU and the UK
• Issues in agricultural sector of developing countries
• Sustainability in agri-environmental context

Past Research

• Shahzad, M.A., Ahmed, V. & Fischer, C. (2021). Status and determinants of other gainful activities by farmers in mountainous rural regions of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Journal of Mountain Science. 18, 2520-2539. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-021-6673-y 2.
• Shahzad, M.A., Abubakr, S. & Fischer, C. (2021). Factors Affecting Farm Succession and Occupational Choices of Nominated Farm Successors in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Agriculture. 11(12):1203. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11121203
• Shahzad, M.A. & Fischer, C. (2022). The decline of part-time farming in Europe: an empirical analysis of trends and determinants based on Eurostat panel data, Applied Economics, https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2022.2036687