Sustainable and Organic Agriculture Program (SOAP)
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Extension Specialties and Interests
▴ Sustainable and Organic Agriculture
▴ Soil Fertility and Health
▴ Plant Nutrition
▴ Crop Diversity
▴ Variety Screening and Selection
Education
PhD︱Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
MS︱Field Crops – Legume Production, Mosul University
BS︱Agronomy, Mosul University
Awards and Honors
2023 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Extension, CTAHR, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Selected Extension Publication
Ahmad, A., Wang, K.H., Uyeda, J., Wages, S.M., Kirk, E., Gutierrez-Coarite, R., Silva, J., Hawkins, J., Radovich, T., Galanti, R., Tavares, K., and Sugano, J. (2022). Revitalizing the Declining Hawai‘i Banana Industry via Statewide Extension Program and Technology Transfer to Local Growers. Cooperative Extension Impact Statements. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. PDF
Le, T., Ahmad, A., Brown, E.L., Crum, J.A., Wong, A.K., Sand, S., Oshiro, M., and Kirk, E. 2022. Rates of Stress, Depression, and Suicide Among Hawaiʻi Agricultural Producers & Allied Professionals. PDF
Le, T., Greenwood, H., Brown, E., Wong, A., Crum, J., Ahmad, A., Oshiro, M., and Sand, S. 2022. Reported Stressors and Desired Resources Expressed by Hawaiʻi Farmers and Ranchers. PDF.
Wang, K.H., Uyeda, J. and Ahmad, A. 2022. Evaluation of Conventional and Organic Insecticides Against Avocado Lace Bug in Hawai‘i. CTAHR Extension Publication. PDF.
Ahmad, A., Uyeda, J., Radovich, T., Wages, S., Silva, J., Kirk, E., Tavares, K., and Sugano, J. 2020. Guava Fruit Bagging for Bird and Fruit Fly Damage Control. HanaiAi Newsletter. PDF.
Amjad B. Ahmad
Assistant Extension Agent
Contact Information
808-956-2156
Fax: 808-621-0928
Wahiawa Extension Office
910 California Ave
Wahiawa, HI
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