Mohammad Khakbazan
Dr. Mohammad Khakbazan research focus is on economics and resource use efficiency of cropping and livestock systems and risk and uncertainty; integrated economic and environmental agricultural practices for cereals, potatoes, pulses and oilseeds; cost and benefit analysis; and natural resource economics and sustainability. He is lead and collaborator in more than 8 currently funded projects by industry and AAFC across Canada analyzing the economic, energy, nutrient, and environmental sustainability of clean technologies and farming systems for cropping and livestock production systems to enhance sector resiliency to climate change, and to improve water and soil conservation and quality.
Current research and/or projects
- Sustainable Agricultural Practices for the Lake Winnipeg Basin: Building resilient agroecosystems from field to farm to watershed.
- The PEI Living Laboratory.
- Sustainable Soybean Cropping Systems for Western Manitoba.
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Economic and resource use efficiency of Emerging Cropping Systems for Western Canada.
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Economic and environmental value of growing both pea and soybean in rotation.
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Optimizing systems productivity, resilience and sustainability in the major Canadian ecozones.
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5-yr Pulse Agronomy.
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Genetic analyses of feed intake, feed efficiency, female fertility, and cow lifetime productivity in beef cattle raised under two environments.
Research and/or project statements
- Analysis and models economics and resource use efficiency of cropping systems and risk and uncertainty
- Analyze the economic, energy, nutrient, and environmental sustainability of clean technologies and farming systems for cropping and livestock production systems to enhance sector resiliency to climate change, and to improve water and soil conservation and quality.
- Evaluate utilization efficiency of inputs to obtain attainable yields and optimize economic benefits of high quality product.
Professional activities / interests
- scientific research
- collaboration with students, university faculty and industry partners
- economic modelling, farm production enterprise studies, resource use efficiency
- project planning and management
Education and awards
B.Sc. Economics, University of Tehran, 1987
M.Sc. Agricultural Economics, University of Tehran, 1990
M.Sc. Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan, 1994
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, University of Saskatchewan, 1999
Outstanding Paper of the Year award from The Potato Association of America in 2018
International experience and/or work
Member of Science and Policy committee of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, USA.
Key publications
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https://agbio.usask.ca/soilsncrops/
2024 - View publication details
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https://agbio.usask.ca/soilsncrops/
2024 - View publication details
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http://umanitoba.ca/agricultural-food-sciences/sites/agricultural-food-sciences/files/2022-11/MOHR%20-%20POSTER%20ABSTRACT.pdf
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2022. Kubota, H., Liu, K., Tedla, H.A., Curtis, T., Entz, M., Khakbazan, M., Larney, F., Lemke, R., Lupwayi, N., Kapiniak, A., Peng, G., Ramirez, G.H., Semach, G., St.Luce, M., Strydhorst, S., Tidemann, B., Gan, Y. Evaluating cropping systems for productivity, sustainability, and resilience in Northern Alberta. 2022 Beaverlodge Research Farm Spring Seminars held using MS Teams on April 1, 2022, and organized by J. Otani at Beaverlodge, Alberta.
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2022. Kubota, H., Liu, K., Tedla, H.A., Curtis, T., Entz, M., Khakbazan, M., Larney, F., Lemke, R., Lupwayi, N., Kapiniak, A., Peng, G., Ramirez, G.H., Semach, G., St.Luce, M., Strydhorst, S., Tidemann, B., Gan, Y. Balancing sustainability and profitability: the role of crop varieties and crop rotations. 2022 Mackenzie Applied Research Association Seminars held using Zoom on February 17, 2022.
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Khakbazan, M., Nyiraneza, J., Jiang, Y., Huang J. 2021. Conservation tillage and cover crop management practices in potato production to improve soil health and profitability, July 26-28, 2021. Soil and Water Conservation Society 76th International Annual Conference, Virtual.
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Economic and on-farm evaluation of agricultural management practices. Invited speaker, Living Labs Socio-Econ CALLNet, March 24, 2021.
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Economic and environmental evaluation of agricultural management practices. Invited speaker, Living Labs Modelling CALLNet, March 23, 2021.
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Assess the effects of cover crops, residue tillage, nitrogen fertilizer management and irrigation on the farm level economic performance in potato rotation systems. Annual Living Labs Atlantic Canada Co-Development meeting, Jan. 27, 2021.
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Economic impacts of various cover crops w/w organic amendments, residue tillage and irrigation in potato rotation systems in PEI (Invited). Living Lab Socio-Economic-LTAR joint meeting Sept 15-16, 2020
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Economic impacts of various cover crops w/w organic amendments, residue tillage and irrigation in potato rotation systems in PEI. Prince Edward Island Living Lab Socio-Economic meeting July 21, 2020
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https://www.topcropmanager.com/variable-nitrogen-fertility-management-of-canola-at-the-field-scale/
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BMPs to enhance economic and environmental performance of potato systems in Canada. Living Lab Socio-Economic meeting June 23, 2020.
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Khakbazan, M., Nyiraneza, J., Jiang, Y., Rodd, V., Huang, J., Zebarth, B., Fuller, K., Smith, E., Xie, R. (2020). Economic effect of fall vs. spring plowing of forage on following potato production in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Agrosystems, Geosciences and Environment, [online] 3(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/agg2.20010
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Khakbazan, M., Mohr, R.M., Huang, J., Xie, R., Volkmar, K.M., Tomasiewicz, D.J., Moulin, A.P., Derksen, D.A., Irvine, B.R., McLaren, D.L., Nelson, A. (2019). Effects of crop rotation on energy use efficiency of irrigated potato with cereals, canola, and alfalfa over a 14-year period in Manitoba, Canada. Soil & Tillage Research, [online] 195 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2019.104357
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https://www.country-guide.ca/crops/zone-by-zone-nitrogen-application-may-not-pay/
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Khakbazan, M., Mohr, R.M., Huang, J., Campbell, E., Volkmar, K.M., Tomasiewicz, D.J., Moulin, A.P., Derksen, D.A., Irvine, B.R., McLaren, D.L., Nelson, A. (2018). Economic and Risk Effects of Rotation Based on a 14-Year Irrigated Potato Production Study in Manitoba. American Journal of Potato Research, [online] 95(3), 258-271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12230-017-9627-8
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Moulin, A.P., Khakbazan, M. 2018. Variable N fertility management of canola at the field scale, based on analysis of yield maps and spatial and statistical variability of soil test N and P, March 13, 2018. Manitoba Fertility Advisory Committee, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Moulin, A.P., Khakbazan, M. 2018. Variable N fertility management of canola at the field scale, based on analysis of yield maps and spatial and statistical variability of soil test N and P, March 9, 2018. Deerwood Soil and Water Management Association, Altamont Community Center, Morden, Manitoba
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Kelly, K.E., Belcher, K., Khakbazan, M. (2018). Economic Targeting of Agricultural Beneficial Management Practices to Address Phosphorus Runoff in Manitoba. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, [online] 66(1), 143-166. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cjag.12143
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- Adjunct Professor in the Department Biology, Brandon University.
- Adjunct Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Saskatchewan.
- Executive Board member of Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES)
- Science and Policy committee member of the Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS).
- Associate editor for the journal of SWCS.