DR. ZAHOOR UL HAQ

Jan ****

Address

Office

Dean Faculty of Arts and

Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Management Sciences

Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

abpkm1@r.postjobfree.com

Education

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Agricultural Economics and Business, Department of Agricultural Economics

and Business, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada (2008 2009)

PhD Agricultural Economics and Business, Department of Agricultural Economics and Business,

University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada (2004 2008)

Thesis: Role of Income in Explaining the Trade of Differentiated Agri-Food Products

MSc (Honors) Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology,

NWFP Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan (1991 1993)

Thesis: Cost and Efficiency of Major Crops Production in District Mardan, NWFP, Pakistan

Academic Honours

2005 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ministry of Colleges, Universities, Training and Education,

Ontario

2004 Douglas McRorie Memorial Scholarship, The Agricultural Institute of Canada Foundation

2003 Fulbright Pre-Doctoral scholarship, United States Education Foundation, Pakistan

Selected Trainings

2007 Econometric analysis using STATA, Timberlake Consultants, New York USA

2007 Risk & decision assessment using @RISK, Palisade Corporation, New York, USA

1993 Advance Computer Training in WordPerfect and Quattro, DRA Software Training Center,

Arizona, USA

Membership in Professional Associations

Canadian Agricultural Economics Society, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association,

International Association of Agricultural Economists, Australian Association of Agricultural Economists,

Western Association of Agricultural Economists

Journal Articles

1. Haq, Zahoor, K. Meilke and J. Cranfield. Does agrifood gravity model suffer from selection bias?

European Review of Agricultural Economics (In Press) [Impact Factor 1.2]

2. Haq, Zahoor and J. Cranfield. Household food demand in Pakistan: Does demand

specification matter? African Journal of Business Management, [Impact Factor 1.1]

Accepted

Page 2

3. Haq, Zahoor. 2011. Does global economic growth affect Pakistan s agricultural exports? African

Journal of Business Management, [Impact Factor 1.1] Accepted

4. Haq, Zahoor, M. Ishaq and M. Khan. 2011. Economic Growth and Agrifood Import Performance of

Emerging Economies and Next-11. African Journal of Business Management, [Impact Factor 1.1]

Accepted

5. Haq, Zahoor and K. Meilke. 2010. Do the BRICs and Emerging Markets Differ in their Agrifood

Trade? Journal of Agricultural Economics 61(1): 1 14 [Impact Factor 1.3]

6. Haq, Zahoor and K. Meilke. 2010. Does the Linder Effect Hold for Differentiated Agri-Food and

Beverage Product Trade? Applied Economics, First published on: 10 December 2010 (iFirst).

[Impact Factor 0.6]

7. Haq, Zahoor and K. Meilke. 2009. The role of income and non-homothetic preferences in

trading differentiated food and beverages: The case of Canada, the United States, and

selected EU Countries . Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 57:169 89. [Impact

Factor 0.6]

8. Haq, Zahoor, H. Nazli and K. Meilke. 2008. Implications of high food prices for poverty in

Pakistan. Agricultural Economics 39 (sup): 477 84. [Impact Factor 0.6]

9. Ahmad, Sohail, Haq, Zahoor, G. Jabbar, Y. Muhammed, S. Sultan, I. Khan and D. Khan.

2009. Growth performance of buffalo calves in NWFP. Pakistan Journal of Zoology,

Supplement Ser.-2 (In Press). [Impact Factor 0.1]

10. Khan, Munir, Haq, Zahoor, S. Ahmad and I. Khan. 2009. Do returns to scale exist in buffalo

farming in Peshawar valley? Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Supplement Ser.-2. Abstract (In

Press) [Impact Factor 0.1]

11. Ishaq, Muhammad and Haq, Zahoor. 2007. Small ruminants farming in Pakistan. Annals of

Arid Zone 46(3&4): 379 86. [Impact Factor 0.2]

12. Haq, Zahoor, H. Nazli, K Meilke, M. Ishaq and A. Khattak. Food Demand Patterns in

Pakistani Pakistan. (In Press) Sarhad Journal of Agriculture

13. Khan, Naushad, M. Israr, N. Shah, M. Arif, M. Naeem, S. Naz, Haq, Zahoor and A. Ali.

2010. A comparative study of model and non-model fruit growers in rural areas of Khyber

Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, 26 (4): 641-47

14. Haq, Zahoor, M. S. Gheblawi, M. Shah, F. Ali and R. Khan. 2009. An empirical study of

food demand in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture

25(4): 602 605.

Page 3

15. Haq, Zahoor, M. Ishaq, A. Farooq, K. Saddozai, S. Yaqoob and M. Shah. 2009. Effect of

farmers circumstances on onion yield. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture 25(3): 523 527.

16. Sadiq, Ghulam, Haq, Zahoor, F. Ali, M. Shah and I. Khan. 2009. Technical efficiency of

maize farmers in various ecological zones of AJK. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture 25(4):

607 610.

17. Haq, Zahoor and M. Ishaq. 2008. A gravity analysis of global dairy products trade. Sarhad

Journal of Agriculture 24: 719 29.

18. Haq, Zahoor and M. Ishaq. 2005. An Armington assumption approach to model international trade

flow and market share for apples in Canada. Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics 28(1&2):

1 16.

19. Khan, Munir and Haq, Zahoor. 2004. Resource allocation efficiency in what farming on various

irrigation sources in Peshawar valley. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Economics 5(1): 43 54.

20. Shah, Mussawar, T. M. Durrani, K. Munir, Haq, Zahoor, M. T. Rahman and K. Sarbiland. 2004.

Status of layer farms in Peshawar division, Pakistan. Livestock Research for Rural Development 16

(5): 1 6

21. Ishaq, Muhammad, Haq, Zahoor and S. H. Sadozai. 2004. Profitability and its determinants of

offseason squash gourd. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture 20(4): 655 59.

22. Farooq, Muhammad, Haq, Zahoor, M. A. Mian and M. Syed. 2003. Cost of production, gross returns

and net profit in commercial egg production. Pakistan Journal of Veterinary Science 23(1): 41 48.

23. Haq, Zahoor, D. Jan, A. Jan and M. Khan. 2002. An investigation into the factors affecting higher

wheat production in 1999-2000: Causes and implications. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture 18(3): 345

50.

24. Haq, Zahoor, M. Khan and M. Ahmad. 2002. Role of farm size in input use and productivity of

potato in Shigar valley of Baltistan area: An econometric analysis. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture

18(2): 245 50.

25. Farooq, Muhammad, M. A. Mian, Haq, Zahoor, F. R. Durrani & M. Syed. 2002. Standardizing

limits for cost of production in commercial egg production. International Journal of Poultry Science

1(6): 179 84.

26. Ahmad, Mukhtar, J. Iqbal and Haq, Zahoor. 2000. The impact of tube-well irrigation on cropping

pattern, cropping intensity, input use and livestock distribution in district Peshawar. Sarhad Journal

of Agriculture 16(4): 441 48.

27. Sadiq, Ghulam, Haq, Zahoor, G. Ahmad and M. Asif. 1999. Economics of groundnut production and

analyzing the factors affecting its productivity in barani areas of district Kohat. Sarhad Journal of

Agriculture 15(1): 65 69.

28. Haq, Zahoor, S. Saddozai, Jehanzeb and Z. Ullah. 1999. Economics of inter-cropping: A case study

of tomato production in garlic in District Nowshera. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture 13(2): 199 206.

Page 4

29. Ahmad, Mukhtar and Haq, Zahoor. 1998. Analyzing the household demand function for fluid milk

in Peshawar. Journal of Rural Development and Administration 30(4): 73 78.

30. Haq, Zahoor and G. Sadiq. 1998. Farmers return from gur making and supplying cane to mills in

district Charsadda: A comparative analysis. Journal of Rural Development and Administration 30(2):

141 156.

31. Haq, Zahoor, Jahanzeb, M. Asif and S. Saddozai. 1997. Comparative analysis of different wheat

varieties and response of farmers towards their adoption in district Nowshera. Sarhad Journal of

Agriculture 13(2): 111 15.

32. Sadiq, Ghulam and Haq, Zahoor. 1997. Marketing margins and its determinants: A case study of

milk retail market of urban Peshawar. Journal of Rural Development and Administration 29(4): 93

99.

33. Haq, Zahoor and S. Saddozai. 1997. Impact of production efficiency of major crops on rural income

in district Mardan, Pakistan. Journal of Rural Development and Administration 29(1): 116 125.

34. Haq, Zahoor and C. Ali. 1996. Constraints in the adoption of tea technology in district Mansehra.

Journal of Rural Development and Administration 28(4): 153 158.

Working Papers

1. Haq, Zahoor, M. Ishaq and M. Khan. 2010. The International Conference on Local and Global

Challenges in Emerging Markets. Joint Academic Conference of Superior University Pakistan and

The University of Newcastle, Australia 2-4 December 2010, Lahore.

2. Haq, Zahoor and K. Meilke. 2009. The role of income growth in emerging markets and the BRICs in

agrifood trade. Working Paper 2009-2, Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network

(CATPRN) (http://www.uoguelph.ca/~catprn/index.shtml).

3. Haq, Zahoor and K. Meilke. 2009. Differentiated Agri-Food Product Trade and the Linder Effect.

Working Paper 2008-07, CATPRN (http://www.uoguelph.ca/~catprn/index.shtml)

4. Weerahewa, Jeevika, K. Meilke, R. J. Vyn and Haq, Zahoor. 2009. The Determinants of Farmland

Values in Canada. Working Paper 2008-3, CATPRN (http://www.uoguelph.ca/~catprn/index.shtml).

5. Haq, Zahoor and K. Meilke. 2007. The Role of Income and Non-homothetic Preferences in Trading

Differentiated Food and Beverages: The Case of Canada, the United States, and Selected EU

Countries. Working Paper 2007-5, CATPRN (http://www.uoguelph.ca/~catprn/index.shtml).

Selected Conference Presentations

1. Do the BRICs and Emerging Markets differ in their Agrifood Trade? The International Conference on

Local and Global Challenges in Emerging Markets. A Joint Academic Conference of Superior

University Pakistan and The University of Guelph, 2-4 December 2010, Lahore, Pakistan

2. Cranfield, John and Z. Haq. 2010. Effects of Food Price Spikes on Dietary Quality in the United

States, Mexico, and Worldwide. Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, February,

Adelaide, Australia.

Page 5

3. Cranfield, John and Z. Haq. 2009. Effects of Food Price Spikes on Dietary Quality in the United

States, Mexico, and Worldwide. Dietary change in response to food price shocks. FSN Section Track,

American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, July 27, Milwaukee WI.

4. Haq, Zahoor and K. Meilke. 2009. The role of income growth in emerging markets and the BRICs in

agrifood trade. XXVII International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) Conference, 16-

22 August, Beijing, China.

5. Haq, Zahoor, M. Khan, S. Ahmad and I. Khan. 2009. Profitability of dairy farming in Peshawar

valley. Asian Buffalo Association, 6th Asian Buffalo Congress, 27-30 October, Lahore, Pakistan.

6. Ahmad. Sohail, Z. U. Haq, G. Jabbar, Y. Muhammed, S. Sultan, I. Khan and D. Khan. 2009. Growth

performance of buffalo calves in NWFP. Asian Buffalo Association, 6th Asian Buffalo Congress,

27 30 October, Lahore, Pakistan.

7. Wijeratne, Bimali, J. Weerahewa, K. Meilke and Z. Haq. 2008. A Gravity Analysis of Food and

Beverage Trade Flows of Sri Lanka. International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium Annual

Meeting, 30 June 1 July, Seoul

8. Haq, Zahoor and K. Meilke. 2007. The Role of Income and Non-homothetic Preferences in Trading

Differentiated Food and Beverages. International conference Agricultural Policy Changes: Canada,

EU and the World Trade Organization, 13-15 September, Victoria, Canada.

9. Haq, Zahoor and K. Meilke. 2007. Non-homothetic Preferences as Determinant of Differentiated

Agrifood Products and Beverages Trade across the Development Spectrum. Joint annual meeting of

the AAEA/Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES), July 29 to August 01, Portland, USA

10. Haq, Zahoor and K. Meilke. 2007. Non-homothetic preferences and income inequality as

determinants of differentiated agrifood products and beverages trade. Canadian Agricultural Trade

Policy Research Network Workshop, February 17, Toronto, Canada.

11. Haq, Zahoor. 2006. Role of Income in Global Agrifood Trade of Differentiated Products. Annual

conference of Dept. of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph and

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, 16 December, Ontario, Canada.

Page 6

Employment Record

1. Dean Faculty of Arts, Professor and Chairman, Department of Management Sciences, Abdul Wali

Khan University Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (October 2011 till now)

2. Associate Professor (December 2009 October 2011)

3. Lecturer (Sept., 2000 December 2009),

Department of Agricultural Economics, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan

4. Assistant Professor Visiting (August 2009 June 2010)

Department of Agribusiness and Consumer Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al -Ain, UAE

5. Post-Doctoral Fellow (Oct. 2008 April 2009)

Department of Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics, J.D. MacLachlan Building, University of

Guelph, Ontario Canada, N1G 2W1

6. Economist (Nov. 2006 Sept. 2007 and Oct.2008 June 2009)

Food Policy Unit, Food Safety and Environmental Policy Branch, Policy Division, Ontario Ministry of

Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Guelph, Canada and Business Risk Management Program Unit,

Farm Finance Branch, Ontario Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guelph, Canada

7. Scientific officer (Oct. 1995 Aug. 2000) and Research fellow (Sept.1993 Oct. 1995)

Agricultural Economic Research Unit, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Agricultural Research

Institute, Tarnab, Peshawar, Pakistan

8. Economist (Aug. 1992 Aug. 1993)

Economic and Policy Analysis project (EPA), United States Agency for International Development

(USAID) and Economic Wing, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Contact this candidate