Lal-Khan Almas, Ph.D.
Regents Professor of Agricultural Business and Economics
Office: Happy State Bank Academic and Research Building, Room 331
Email: lalmas@wtamu.edu
Phone: 806-651-2552
Professional Profile
Dr. Almas joined the Department of Agricultural Sciences in 2001. He received a doctor of veterinary medicine (D.V.M. '82) from University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. He studied agricultural business and economics at West Texas A&M University (M.S. '94) and statistics and agricultural and applied economics at Texas Tech University (M.S. ' 99 and Ph.D. '99).
Teaching and Related Service
Dr. Almas teaches marketing of agricultural products, agricultural business management, farm and ranch management, quantitative business analysis, international agricultural trade, agricultural production economics, financial analysis and management, agricultural risk management and advanced agricultural statistics. He has authored several publications and has made numerous invited presentations at regional, national and international conferences. Dr. Almas is a member of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Academy of Marketing Science, Global Economic Modeling Network and Rotary Club of Canyon and has served as the adviser and or co-advisor for the WTAMU Agribusiness Club, Alpha Zeta and ROTARACT.
Research and Creative Activity
Dr. Almas' research interests include production agriculture, environmental and resource economics, agribusiness analysis, water management and planning, economic impact assessment and policy analysis, food security, international agriculture and rural development, statistical methods and agricultural marketing and trade.