Dr Nazmul Haq Named as Development Agriculturist of the Year
Dr Nazmul Haq has been named as Development Agriculturist of the Year by the Tropical Agriculture Association.
The annual Development Agriculturist of the year award recognizes outstanding contributions to agricultural development with a focus on increasing food production, improving food security, reducing poverty and improving environmental sustainability in developing countries.
Nazmul will receive the award in recognition of a lifetime's work on under-utilised crops for the alleviation of poverty, improved nutrition and the enablement of women in poor rural communities.
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences and a member of the Environmental research group, Nazmul comments: "I am honoured and delighted to receive this acknowledgement. My life long career has been at the University of Southampton and this recognition proves that our faculty is multidisciplinary and shows the strength of our work across the University. My heartiest thanks to TAA"