Personal and Affiliated Appointments
Dr Jia Zhikuan, male, born in January 1962, a native of Shuozhou city, Shanxi province, Professor of Crop Production and Farming System, Supervisor of PhD students;
Director of Arid and Semiarid Agricultural Research Center, Northwest A&F University, as well as Director of the Key Lab on Dryland Farming and ecology, Ministry of Agriculture, Chief Editor of the journal: Agricultural research in the Arid Areas.
 

Education Qualifications:
Sept. 1978- July 1982: Degree of Bachelor in Agronomy, Department of Agronomy, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi.
Sept. 1982- July 1985: Degree of Master in Crop production and Farming System, Department of Agronomy, Northwest University of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi.
Sept. 1987- July 1990: Degree of Doctor in Crop production and Farming System, Department of Agronomy, Northwest University of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi.
 

Employment Experience:
July 1985- 1990: lecture of Department of Agronomy, Northwest University of Agriculture.
1991-1995: Associate Professor of Department of Agronomy, Northwest University of Agriculture.
1993-1996: Vice-Director of College of Postgraduate students, Northwest University of Agriculture.
1995- : Professor of Department of Agronomy, Northwest University of Agriculture, now as College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University .
1996-: Director of Arid and Semiarid Agricultural Research Center, Northwest University of Agriculture, now as Northwest A&F University; Director of the Key Lab on Dryland Farming and ecology, Ministry of Agriculture; Associate Chief Editor of Journal: Agricultural research in the Arid Areas and chief editor from 2001.
1997-: Supervisor of PhD students, Department of Agronomy, Northwest University of Agriculture, now as College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University.
2001-2007: Dean of College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University.
 

Research Field:
Rainfed farming and water-saving agriculture
 

Achievements and Awards:
Hosting and Executing 25 research projects from National Ministry of Sci-Tech, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Education as well as Shaanxi Province and Ningxia Province.4 projects Achieved Second or Third Award of Province's Sci-Tech Advancements.
 

Publications:
Published about 180 scientific papers on Journals as: Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Natural Recourses, Journal of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Water Management etc. And Published 15 textbooks as Chief editor.
 

Contact Way:
College of Agronomy ，Northwest A&F University Yangling, Shaanxi, China
Zip Code: 712100
Tel: (office) +86-(0)29-87080168
E-mail: zhikuan@tom.com