Abdul Rashid

Quick Facts

Full Name	Abdul Rashid
Occupation	Marathon Runner
Date Of Birth	Feb 15, 1979(1979-02-15)
Age	45
Birthplace	Khanewal
Country	Pakistan
Birth City	Khanewal
Horoscope	Aquarius

Abdul Rashid Biography

Abdul Rashid is one of the most popular and richest Marathon Runner who was born on February 15, 1979 in Khanewal, Khanewal, Pakistan. Abdul Rashid, (Ph.D. from University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, USA), (born 1950) is a Pakistani agricultural scientist, who has served as Member (Bio- sciences) of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from 2008 to 2011 and Director General of Pakistan’s National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) from 2006 to 2008.

In 2005, Abdul Rashid had become Pakistan’s Dr Norman Borlaug Award recipient.

Since 2008, Dr Abdul Rashid is a member of the HarvestZinc Project, a multi- national research initiative, under the leadership of Prof. Ismail Cakmak of Sabanci University in Turkey, which has established farmer-friendly technology of enriching staple cereal grains with zinc, iodine and selenium by agronomic biofortification approach. Despite his retirement from formal service in 2011, he is vigorously involved in agricultural R&D related activities.

Dr. Rashid is the 2013 IFA Norman Borlaug Award recipient for excellence in plant nutrition research (www.fertilizer.org/En/About_IFA/Awards/Norman_Borlaug_Award/2013_Abdul_Rashid.aspx); in 2017 he was chosen as an IPNI Science Award winner. The same year, he also became the recipient of J Benton Jones Award for his contributions in soil testing and plant analysis. Additionally, he is East-West Center Distinguished Alumnus; Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Indian Society of Soil Science and Soil Science Society of Pakistan; PARC Silver Jubilee Laureate, Pakistan’s Scientist of the Year, and National Book Foundation Awardee.

From mid-1980s to 2008, Dr Rashid led a well conceived R&D program in soil fertility and plant nutrition at National Agricultural Research Center, Islamabad. In particular his research team established that deficiency of boron micronutrient in rice crop reduces yield as well as impairs grain quality. Also, he established incidence of widespread deficiency of boron and zinc micronutrients in cotton crop. His extensive and consistent field and laboratory research resulted in development of highly cost-effective farmer friendly technologies of boron fertilizer use in rice, boron and zinc fertilizer use in cotton, use of zinc-enriched rice nursery, and 50% fertilizer saving phosphate band placement technology for wheat.

Abdul Rashid Net Worth

Abdul Rashid is one of the richest Marathon Runner from Pakistan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Abdul Rashid 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 1970, Dr. Abdul Rashid had observed boron fertilization in calcareous soils, but the research and development did not receive enough attention, because at that time, the facilities were inadequate and the scientists lack expertise in analysis of boron. Because of it, Abdul Rashid had established plant boron analysis, a tactic of systematic nutrient indexing and diagnosing macro- and micronutrient deficiencies in farmer-grown crops which was studied at various greenhouses.

Dr. Abdul Rashid had studied mechanisms of zinc deficiency in rice, wheat, and corn from 1973 to 1979. Those studies and establishments, led him to a position, a collaboration at the Micronutrients Project in Pakistan. Eventually, he obtained BSc (Honors) and MSc (Honors) from University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan and after winning an East-West Center scholarship, he received his PhD in agronomy and soil science from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu in 1986. There, he worked under guidance of professor Robert Fox on a micronutrient problem, which was of high importance to him and his country at the time. After the graduation, Abdul Rashid had returned to the National Agricultural Research Center in Islamabad and immediately began studying soil fertility and plant nutrition.

From 2006 to 2008 he was Director General of the National Agricultural Research Centre.

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Facts & Trivia

Abdul Ranked on the list of most popular Marathon Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Pakistan. Abdul Rashid celebrates birthday on February 15 of every year.

What is Abdul Rashid?

Abdul Rashid (Arabic: عبد الرشيد) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Rashid. The name means “ servant of the right-minded “, Ar-Rashīd being one of the names of God in the Qur’an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.

Who is Ustadh abdulrashid?

Who Is Ustadh Abdul Rashid. Ustadh Abdul Rashid is the Director of all Islamic Programs at Masjid Sidiki in which major classes are personally handled by him. Ustadh Abdul Rashid has been blessed with the certifications in all ten recitations of the Holy Quran and various books in other Islamic disciplines.

Where is Ustaz Abdul Rashid from?

Abdul Rashid Khan was born on August 19, 1908 in Uttar Pradesh, Briitish India.

Who took oath of Justice Abdul Rasheed?

On 15 August 1947, when Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was sworn in as the first Governor-General of Pakistan, Rashid, as the most senior Muslim judge in British India, administered the oath of office to him.

Is Adil Rashid Pakistani?

Rashid was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, and is of Pakistani background. Like his England teammate Moeen Ali, he belongs to the Mirpuri community, his family having migrated to England in 1967 from Kashmir.