Qamar Zaman, Dalhousie University

Research

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Latest funding

Development of Transformative Precision Agriculture Technologies to Ensure Food Security and Mitigate Climate Change: A State-of-the-art Approach to Promote Sustainable Agriculture
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,797,360
Opportunties for sustainable smart agriculture technologies in Atlantic Canada
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$5,000
Evaluating Precision Agricultural Technologies in Wild Blueberry Cropping Systems to Increase Farm Profitability and Reduce Environmental Risks
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$24,999

All 7 grants and awards

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Development of Transformative Precision Agriculture Technologies to Ensure Food Security and Mitigate Climate Change: A State-of-the-art Approach to Promote Sustainable Agriculture

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Farooque, Aitazaz Ahsan AA

Keywords: artificial intelligence; bio-circular economy; climate change mitigation; food security and sustainability; life cycle analysis; machine learning; precision agriculture; profitability mapping; soil health; sustainable water management

$1,797,360

Opportunties for sustainable smart agriculture technologies in Atlantic Canada

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Connect Grants Level 2

Principal investigators: Zaman, Qamar

$5,000

Evaluating Precision Agricultural Technologies in Wild Blueberry Cropping Systems to Increase Farm Profitability and Reduce Environmental Risks

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Zaman, Qamar

$24,999

Improving Harvesting Efficiency of Wild Blueberry Harvester

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Zaman, Qamar

$24,979

Improving efficiency of commercial wild blueberry harvester using precision agriculture technologies

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Zaman, Qamar

$372,465

Opportunities for precision agriculture technologies in Atlantic Canada

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Regional Office Discretionary Funds

Principal investigators: Zaman, QamarUz

$5,000

Precision Agriculture Technologies to Increase Farm Profitability and Reduce Environmental Impacts

Principal investigatorCFI2008John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure

Principal investigators: Zaman, Qamar

Keywords: controllers, DGPS, GIS, multispectral images, sensors, digital photography, remote sensing, VRT, wild blueberry, horticulture

$50,090

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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