Dr. Qamar-uz-Zaman will be presenting a special research seminar on Wednesday, November 7 at 12 noon in SDE 212. Dr. Zaman has applied for an adjunct faculty appointment in the FSDE.  All are welcomed to attend! Topic: Precision Agriculture: Wise Use of Agricultural Resources Coffee/tea will be provided. Abstract: Increasing population rate and urbanization are expected to further enhance demand for more and superior quality food. Crop yield increases in this region have been achieved at considerable expense to its resource base and largely by means of excessive and indiscriminate use of external inputs: irrigation, seeds, fertilizer, pesticides, etc. High price of agriculture input and fuel, pest and disease incidence, environmental pollution, soil erosion, and reduced biodiversity are, therefore, rampant. There is an urgent need to intensify efforts to identify agricultural and industrial technologies that are less labor and energy intensive but more responsive to social, economical, environmental and ecological needs. Such precision agriculture technologies will gradually change the basic patterns of production and consumption and enable humankind’s transition to a new and more harmonious approach to economic, environmental and social development. Only through such profound changes can the world respond fully to the crisis of food and energy that it is facing at present.