Muhammad Tayyab Sohail
Eslam B. Elkaeed
Muhammad Irfan3*
Sohaib Mustafa- 1School of Public Administration, Xiangtan University, Hunan Xiangtan, China
- 2Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 3Faculty of Management Science, Department of Business Administration, ILMA University, Karachi, Pakistan
- 4Public Policy Observatory Faculty of Business and Administration, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- 5Department of Management, National College of Business Administration and Economics (NCBA&E), Lahore, Pakistan
The present study was conducted in one of the major agriculture areas to check farmers’ awareness of climate change, adaptation measurements, and use of wastewater for irrigation. A semi-structured questionnaire was adopted from the existing literature, it was divided into different parts such as demographic information, use of wastewater for irrigation, farmer’s livelihood assets, climate change deciding factors, and adaptation measures, and some statistical tools (correlation and regression) were used to analyze the data. The farmers with enough resources and assets regarded themselves as safer and have enough capacity to bear the negative impacts of climate change. Farmers’ assets (FA) with determinants of climate change (DCC) and adaption measures (AM) are highly significant with the correlation values of 0.440 and 0.466, respectively, and DCC with AM (0.269). The correlation values for other variables are: gender with cultivated land 0.202, wastewater use (WWU) 0.419, farmers’ assets (FA) 0.766, determinants of climate change (DCC) 0.381, and adaption measures (AM) 0.449. Floods and droughts variables have shown a significant relationship with adaption measures at p-value 0.000 and coefficient 0.176 and p-value 0.021 and coefficient 0.063, respectively. The study will aid in the implementation of effective monitoring and public policies to promote integrated and sustainable water development.
Introduction
Climate change is a global environmental challenge (Hao et al., 2021; Huang et al., 2022; Shi et al., 2022), and to minimize its negative impact (Razzaq et al., 2020; 2021; 2022), governments are implementing environmentally friendly technologies worldwide (Tang et al., 2022; Wen et al., 2022; Xiang et al., 2022). Many developing countries are affected by climate change due to lack of effective policies or insufficient capacity to deal with it (Elavarasan et al., 2021; Abbasi et al., 2022; Ahmad et al., 2022). Pakistan is the most affected country in this region by climate change (Irfan et al., 2019, 2020; Ali et al., 2021; Tanveer et al., 2021), and high temperatures can have negative effects on agriculture (Ali et al., 2021; Chandio et al., 2021; Irfan et al., 2021). Pakistan’s contribution toward global warming is very low, but the impact of climate change has grown day by day (Fahad et al., 2018). Floods, droughts, and storms are all too common in Pakistan these days as a result of the high temperature, which is linked to climate change (Mueller et al., 2014; Khan et al., 2020). Many scholars acknowledged that farmers use various ways to adapt climate change vulnerability (Bryant et al., 2000; Bryan et al., 2009) and stated that climate change vulnerability and risk perception adaptability at the household level are critical to minimize climate change impacts on agriculture (Abid et al., 2016; Srivastava, 2020). Pakistan is a developing country, and the situation in terms of adaptation and vulnerability is unsatisfactory (Hussain and Mudasser, 2007; Sohail et al., 2014; Sohail et al., 2019a). Adger and Kelly (1999) claim that good adaptation can mitigate the harmful effects of climate change (Sohail et al., 2021a). Climate change has been shown in numerous studies to have a significant impact on people living in rural areas connected to the farming sector (O'Brien and Leichenko, 2000). Because there is a significant link between climate change and agriculture, those who work in agriculture are more likely to be affected by the effects of climate change (Field et al., 2012). Climate change is a serious threat to many countries’ agricultural sectors, and implementing adaptation strategies is thus vital to protect future agricultural production and farmers’ livelihoods (Chandra et al., 2017; Amir et al., 2020). Pakistan is mainly an agricultural country (Sohail et al., 2015; Fiaz et al., 2016), and agriculture depends on irrigation (Lee et al., 2020). It is very common in many countries to use wastewater for agriculture purposes, and it is a good way of disposing wastewater with advantages such as a lot of nutrients, which make the crop yields rise without using fertilizer, but apart from some positive impacts, it contains organic compounds, heavy metals, and a wide spectrum of enteric pathogens which can harm human health, the environment, and agricultural productivity (Sohail et al., 2019b; Mahfooz et al., 2019; Sohail et al., 2020). Usually, farmers depend on canal water and wastewater for agriculture purposes, and wastewater is considered to have a positive impact on crops (Yamin et al., 2015). Sometimes wastewater cannot be fit for agriculture and can have negative impact on crops, soils, vegetables, environments, and human health (Holt, 2000; Hassan et al., 2013; Ullah et al., 2013; Mustafa et al., 2022). Furthermore, sometimes some farmers do not have access to canal water or suffer from shortage of allocated canal water due to lack of canal water supply. Therefore, if they have easy access to wastewater pumping stations, they will use wastewater as an alternate source of irrigation (Anwar et al., 2010). It is estimated that about 200 million farmers irrigate 20 million hectares of land with wastewater globally (Raschid-Sally and Jayakody, 2009). All these have severe impact on the production of different crops in Pakistan (Lobell and Gourdji, 2012). But still, there are missing comprehensive policies to deal with such natural disasters (Shah et al., 2020; Yen et al., 2021; Liu et al., 2022). The sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA) was used in this research, to check how livelihood assets help to achieve farmers’ well-being. In this research, we build SLA by mixing household adoption techniques and costly adaptation strategies, along with consequences for livelihood outcomes (Shinbrot et al., 2019). The objectives of this study were: 1) farmers’ awareness of climate change and adaption of different techniques to deal with climate change. 2) Farmer’s awareness about the impact of reuse of wastewater on crops. 3) Farmer’s livelihood assets and life status in South Punjab, Pakistan. This study will aid policymakers in assisting farmers in their daily lives and farming operations. Without the intervention of the government, it is impossible to provide assistance and support to vulnerable farmers for the adaptation and implementation of good practices (Udmale et al., 2014).
Materials and Methods
Study Area
Punjab is the most populous and second-largest province of Pakistan. It encompasses 25.8% of Pakistan’s total land area. The weather in Punjab province varies throughout the year. By mid-February, the temperature starts to rise, and the spring weather lasts until mid-April when the summer heat hits, and June and July are the hottest months of the year. Temperatures in the Punjab region range from 2 to 45°C but can reach 50°C (122°F) in the summer. Punjab has three distinct seasons in terms of climate. Punjab has a total land area of 20.63 million hectares, with 59 percent of that area under cultivation. The province accounts for 53% of the country’s overall agricultural GDP and 74% of its cereal production (Abid et al., 2015; 34.; Ahmad and Afzal, 2020). Due to the importance of this agricultural area, Farmers’ perceptions toward climate change and adaptation measures were studied in this study (Figure 1).
FIGURE 1. Study area.
Data Sources and Data Preparation
This study was based on farmers’ experience with climate change, the use of wastewater for irrigation, and their adaption techniques toward climate change (Fahad and Wang, 2018; Sohail et al., 2021c). A semi-structured questionnaire was adopted from the existing literature and modified as per the study area requirement to collect data from eight districts of South Punjab, Pakistan (Layyah, Muzaffargarh, DG Khan, Lodhran, Multan, Rajanpur, Bahawalpur, and Rahim_Yar_Khan) (Fahad and Wang, 2018; Fahad et al., 2020). Basic research ethics were considered while defining the objectives of the research and collecting data from farmers, and the objective of the research was clearly explained to farmers (Bogner et al., 2009; Rasool et al., 2017), and it was informed to farmers that these data will be used only for research purposes and there is no compulsion for them to answer these questions (McCusker and Gunaydin, 2015). A survey team consisting of five researchers (Ph.D., Master, and Postdoc) was sent to collect data from farmers of South Punjab, Pakistan. Farmers were informed about the purpose of the research; the first portion was about demographic information of participants, and the rest of the questionnaire was about the use of wastewater for irrigation purposes (Mojid et al., 2010), farmer’s livelihood assets, determining factor of climate change, and adaption measures. In this study, 1,200 completely filled questionnaires were collected from the study area, and a pre-test was carried out to check the reliability of data and to avoid any discrepancies. After data collection, data were fed into SPSS 24 for further analyses. A confidence level of 95% was used with a 7% margin error. Some other researchers also used the same margin error of 7% (Hussain and Thapa, 2012; Fahad et al., 2018, 2020). Some statistical tools (correlation and regression) were used to analyze the data.
Results and Discussion
Table 1 shows the number of farmers interviewed in the present study; a total number of 1,200 farmers were interviewed from Punjab Province of Pakistan (Layyah 130, Muzaffargarh 140, DG Khan 145, Lodhran 160, Multan 140, Rajanpur 155, Bahawalpur 150, and Rahim_Yar_Khan 180) Table 1. There are some internal possible factors such as personal characteristics, individual circumstances, and farming practices which are additionally defined as individual farmers’ response and adaption capacity (Udmale et al., 2014).
TABLE 1. Survey participants.
Table 2 explains the demographic information of all respondents in these eight districts of Punjab province: Layyah 85.4% male and 7% female, Muzaffargarh 81.4% male and 18.6% female, DG Khan 73.8% male and 26.2% female, Lodhran 75% male and 25% female, Multan 77.1% male and 22.9% female, Rajanpur 71.6% male and 28.4% female, Bahawalpur 74% male and 26% female, and Rahim_Yar_Khan 72.2% male and 22.8% female. In all selected districts of Punjab province, the age of most farmers was between 26 and 45 years, which showed that most of them are young, experienced, and active in farming. In most of the districts, farmers’ education level was not high, most of them have primary-level education, and some of them have had more than 6 years of education level. The majority of farmers were experienced, and some of them have about five to 10 years of farming experience. Deressa et al. (2009) described that the awareness of the farmer is positively related to farming experience and education. The family size in all districts was a little high; almost all families have more than two children, while most of them have more than five as well, and they consider it labor force in farming. In all eight districts, the majority of the respondents used tractors for plowing land, and some of them used bullocks as well. The percentages of farmers plowing using tractors in all districts are Layyah 76.2%, Muzaffargarh 55.7%, DG Khan 73.8%, Lodhran 76.3%, Multan 53.6%, Rajanpur 78.1%, Bahawalpur 73.3%, and Rahim_Yar_Khan 63.3%. The majority of farmers were plowing twice a year, and the number of people plowing three times a year was not less as well. It is very considerable from where farmers get information for their farming; most of the people said they got information from their co-farmers and particularly old farmers in the same area. To check the farmer’s awareness, there was another question “are you aware of climate change,” and the response to this question was very satisfactory with Layyah 78.5%, Muzaffargarh 87.9%, DG Khan 82.8%, Lodhran 83.1%, Multan 87.1%, Rajanpur 74.8%, Bahawalpur 79.3% and Rahim_Yar_Khan 85.6% who were well aware of climate change (Table 2). The existing literature informed us that farmers’ perception of climate change and its impact emphasizes that awareness of climatic risks is mediated by farmland features and farmers’ demographic assets (Singh et al., 2017). Knowledge, information sharing, and communication are always beneficial for farmers in decision-making, and it helps them with proper adoption measurement for climate change and associated factors (Drafor and Agyepong, 2005). It is also approved by the existing literature that climate change adaptation techniques used at their farmhouses are concerned by the significance of demographic characteristics and socioeconomics of farmers.
TABLE 2. Demographic information of participants.
There is not a satisfactory infrastructure for wastewater collection and treatment in Pakistan at any level, especially in South Punjab, Pakistan (Kanwal et al., 2020). Major industries are throwing their wastewater directly into nearby water bodies or cultivated land (Shahid et al., 2020). The climate of Pakistan fluctuates in different parts of the country, and freshwater is very scarce, especially in Sindh and southern Punjab provinces of the country, it is scarce due to the semiarid to arid climate (Shah et al., 2019), the reason why farmers are using canal water, groundwater, and wastewater for crop irrigation. Groundwater for irrigation is expensive and unreliable in Pakistan due to energy crises (Murtaza et al., 2019). Moreover, groundwater is mostly of poor quality in these areas of Pakistan due to enhanced concentrations of soluble salts and toxic metal contents (Murtaza et al., 2019). Due to these reasons, wastewater is commonly used for irrigation in some areas, and considering the current situation, there are many chances that the application of wastewater may increase in the coming years (Shahid et al., 2020). Figure 2 elaborates on the situation of water used for irrigation purposes. The results of this survey showed that people used drains or both drain and freshwater for irrigation purposes which was average to high in this study area. Some researchers explained that the use of low-quality water for irrigation can have an impact on soil and groundwater quality and can have a bad impact on human health (Bruvold and Crook, 1981). As the usage drains the water, for to know the reasons, there was another question, which was “wastewater is cheaper fertilizer than conventional fertilizer.” Most of the responses were in favor of “yes” and accounted for Layyah 85.4%, Muzaffargarh 84.3%, DG Khan 76.6%, Lodhran 80.0%, Multan 82.1%, Rajanpur 78.1%, Bahawalpur 82.7%, and Rahim_Yar_Khan 82.8%. Most farmers added that there are some main reasons for using drain water which were: 1) lower water price, 2) lower cost of the fertilizer, and 3) increase crop production (Mojid et al., 2010). Most of the farmers were unaware of the possible hazards of using drain water which accounted for Layyah 55.4%, Muzaffargarh 72.1%, DG Khan 71.7%, Lodhran 56.6%, Multan 50.0%, Rajanpur 61.3%, Bahawalpur 68.7%, and Rahim_Yar_Khan 59.4, while some districts farmers were aware of possible hazards which accounted for Multan 50.0%, Layyah 44.6%, Lodhran 44.4%, and Rahim_Yar_Khan 40.6% (Carr et al., 2011). If wastewater is easily available for irrigations farmers, they will prefer to use it due to economic benefits; usually, they do not consider human health or environmental risks due to wastewater (Mahfooz et al., 2020; Shahid et al., 2020; Sohail et al., 2021b). Many farmers like to use wastewater due to its positive impact and existence of nutrients for crops, although nutrients level in wastewater are not explored fully (Khalid et al., 2020), and studies have outlined the possible hazards related to the toxic metal buildup in wastewater-irrigated topsoil and on human health (Kanwal et al., 2020, Shahid et al., 2020). Many farmers said that no one in their family suffered from any diseases, while some farmers said that they have some people; but, in three districts, some people were infected with minor to major diseases which accounted for Muzaffargarh 70.7%, Multan 57.1%, and Rajanpur 52.9% (Shahid et al., 2020) (Figure 2).
FIGURE 2. Wastewater use for irrigation (%).
Table 3 describes farmers’ lifestyles and assets, for example, motorbikes, tractors/plow, bicycles, spraying device, children going to school, tube well, electric generator, air conditioners, gas generator, car, and pets (Jezeer et al., 2019). In these eight districts of South Punjab province, Pakistan, the majority of farmers have all the aforementioned assets related to their farming and daily life. Some farmers owned tractors for land preparation, but many of them used bullocks, and sometimes rented a tractor for their land preparation. Many other secondary kinds of luxuries, for example, cars, air conditioners, generators, and tube wells in the study area were not available to all farmers, which approved their less luxurious life, showing the compulsions of climate change (Ullah et al., 2013). They are supposed to access the latest technology for farming, and agricultural assets stimulate progress in agriculture and help to lessen poverty (Fahad, et al., 2018). Some researchers indicated that the farmers who were eager to reduce the risk associated with indeterminate climate change had enough resources and had more capacity to adapt (Deressa et al., 2009). The farmers with enough resources and assets regarded themselves as safer and have enough capacity to bear the negative impacts of climate change; additionally, small farmers are always at risk due to natural disasters such as heavy precipitation, droughts, and floods (Qasim et al., 2015; Zhao et al., 2019).
TABLE 3. Farmer’s livelihood assets.
Table 4 and Figures 3A,B elaborate on the perception of farmers toward climate change in South Punjab, Pakistan. No doubt impacts of climatic change have become gradually apparent over the past few decades (Patt and Schröter, 2008). The main indicators which were encompassed to check perception were flood, irrigation, droughts, agriculture, drinking water in agriculture areas, soil issues, communication, transportation to the agricultural land, animal diseases, and crop pests. As per response from farmers, the flood rate in Muzaffargarh is 48.6%, DG Khan is 75.9%, and Rajanpur is 70.3% which is high while the rest of the tehsils put it at more moderate or lower rate than that of the study area, but till they were under severe pressure of floods. It means food can be the main threat to the farmers in those areas due to the Indus River. The literature provided sufficient evidence of the impact of high temperatures and floods on farmers’ life (Maheen and Hoban, 2017). Pakistan is a developing country and trying to make progress in many sectors, but still like many other developing countries major portion of the population is living under unsatisfactory conditions, particularly farmers who are living in rural disaster areas (Fahad, et al., 2018). There have been many destructive floods in the history of Pakistan in different areas (Hoanh et al., 2006) such as 2010, 2011, and 2014 which caused forestry, damage to livestock, fisheries, infrastructure, fertilizers, animal sheds, and loss of approximately 250,000 farm households, and one million cultivated lands were devastated (NDMA, 2014). Such disasters can be reasons for crop failure, poor yields, and livestock mortality (Harvey. 2014). Soil issues are another main issue for many farmers in South Punjab, Pakistan (Maqbool et al., 2021). As per responses from farmers, soil issues in this study area were low to moderate, but still, some farmers face soil issues which accounted for Layyah 27.7%, Muzaffargarh 57.1%, DG Khan 29.7%, Lodhran 25.7%, Multan 32.1%, Rajanpur 34.2%, Bahawalpur 60.0%, and Rahim_Yar_Khan 35.0% (Javed et al., 2020). Animals are always an important asset for farmers in the whole world, and animal diseases can be another challenge for them (Musungu, 2020). As per the response from farmers, there are some farmers who were facing animal disease problem in South Punjab, Pakistan. Crop pets are going to be severe in South Punjab for some years (Khan et al., 2020). The responses from farmers about crop pets in this study area were high, which accounted for Layyah 51.5%, Muzaffargarh 49.3%, DG Khan 59.3%, Lodhran 54.4%, Multan 59.3%, Rajanpur 57.4%, Bahawalpur 58.7%, and Rahim_Yar_Khan 65.0%.
TABLE 4. Correlation of selected variables.
FIGURE 3. Determining factors of Climate Change (%) in South Punjab Pakistan.
The present study also included adaption techniques against climate change (Figure 4). It is very common among many farmers to choose crop variety, fertilizer adjustment, water, agrotechnical support, and agricultural finance and to deal with livelihood risks (Kuang et al., 2020). It is reported that similar kinds of adaptation measures such as changing planting dates, crop types, changing varieties, and changing input mix are adopted by farmers in Pakistan (Gorst et al., 2015). Sometimes farmers faced problem-related attacks of pests on crops which is comparatively high in South Punjab for many years, and it may affect production so in different time zones, and they use different techniques to reduce risk (Ishtiaq et al., 2020). It is also stated that in recent times crop production reduction can be due to different plant diseases, climate change, poverty, or irrigation issues (Fahad et al., 2018). The literature showed that small farmers were relatively more vulnerable to adopting climate changes than big farmers (Jamshidi et al., 2019), and the impact of climatic risks on farmer’s income, family food, and security was significantly hypothetically stronger by low-resource-endowed being farmers (Shukla et al., 2019), and as per another study in Africa, they indicated it as the first step to the adoption process toward climate change (Trinh et al., 2018). The existing literature described the impact of climate changes on crop production (Hay and Mamura, 2010). Pakistan is an agricultural country, and a major portion of its GDP comes from agriculture, but unfortunately Pakistan recently is dropping its crop production due to climate issues (Tingju et al., 2014). Farmers must learn about climate risks and adoption measures, which can help them to reduce risk rates and can help to increase crop production (Fahad et al., 2018). Meanwhile, physical assets and natural and social assets have positive effects on farmers’ adaptation strategies (Kuang et al., 2020).
FIGURE 4. Adaption strategies/measures (%) by farmers in South Punjab, Pakistan.
Table 4 shows the results of descriptive statistics and correlation coefficient of these selected variables (gender, age, education, farming experience, source of information, wastewater use (WWU), farmer’s assets (FA), determination of climate change (DCC), and adaption measures (AM)). Correlation is a tool to check the relation between two or more variables. The values of correlation are between +1.00 and -1.00. The strength of the correlation is determined by the magnitude of the number with one being the maximum. In the current study, correlation values of selected variables are significant among all variables, and there is a medium to strong correlation among different variables. Farmers’ assets (FA) with determinants of climate change (DCC) and adaption measures (AM) are highly significant with the correlation values 0.440 and 0.466, respectively, and DCC with AM (0.269). The correlation values for other variables are: gender with cultivated land 0.202, waste water use (WWU) 0.419, farmers’ assets (FA) 0.766, determinants of climate change (DCC) 0.381, and adaption measures (AM) 0.449. All variables were found significant with a week to moderate correlation among all selected variables (Table 4).
Table 5 shows the results of linear regression among selected variables of the present study. Among explanatory determinants, animal diseases showed significance (p-value of 0.01 and coefficient of 0.073). For instance, as the farmers adopt sufficient measures, they can control diseases among animals, and animals are always basic assets of farmers (Musungu, 2020). In other words, farmers always adopt some measures in different regions to control animal diseases, and there is a significant relationship between farmers’ adoption strategies and animal diseases. The variable soil issues is highly significant (with a p-value of 0.001 and coefficient of 0.087). This means that with enough resources and measurement soil issues can be handled. Flood and drought variables have shown a significant relationship with adaption measures [(p-value 0.000 and coefficient 0.176) and (p-value 0.021 and coefficient 0.063), respectively] indicating that adoption measures can be helpful for droughts and floods. Crop pet variable has shown an insignificant relationship (p-value 0.510 and coefficient 0.018). It showed that sometimes farmers are adopting different measures to control crop pets but they are unable to do it; as from last few years, there are a huge number of pets appeared every year, especially in South Punjab, Pakistan. Stored water showed statistical significance with the dependent variable at p-value 0.000 and positive coefficient 0.178 with farm households’ adoption measure strategies. The transportation to agriculture and drinking water in agriculture variables have shown a significant relationship with adoption measure at p-value 0.000 and coefficient of 0.134 and p-value 0.030 and coefficient of 0.058, respectively. The variable possible potential hazards caused by wastewater has indicated a significant relationship with the dependent variable at p-value 0.000 and coefficient 0.154; in other words, more good adoption measures and access to information related to hazards of wastewater use can help to reduce the impact of wastewater on human health.
TABLE 5. Linear regression table of selected variables.
Conclusion
Farmers of the study area described that drought, temperature, floods, and variation are the major risks linked with climate change, and it is adversely affecting agriculture in this study area; farmers used some techniques against climate change such as irrigation, seeds, fertilizer, and crops. Pakistan is an agricultural country, and a major portion of GDP comes from this sector, and the majority of the population belongs to farming. Most of the farmers were unaware of the possible hazards of using drain water. Many statistical tools were used to check the relationship among different variables, wastewater use, and any family member suffering from any disease, which showed a significant relation. The farmers with enough resources and assets regarded themselves as safer and have enough capacity to bear the negative impact of change in the climate. In the current study, correlation values of selected variables are significant among all variables, and there is a medium to strong correlation among different variables. This study was limited to one province of Pakistan. But, main results of this research can be implemented in other places as well where the climate change adaptations are still ineffective. The study will help to support the implementation of proper monitoring and public policies to ensure integration and sustainability, and it will aid policymakers to provide support to farmers in their daily life and farming practices.
Data Availability Statement
The raw data supporting the conclusion of this article will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation.
Author Contributions
MTS: conceptualization, methodology, software, and writing—original draft. EBE: supervision and final draft approval. MI: data collection and analyzing. AA-D: editing and data collection. SM: visualization, and investigation. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.
Conflict of Interest
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Acknowledgments
The authors extend their appreciation to the Research Center at AlMaarefa University for funding this work.
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Keywords: farmers, climate, change, development, green, sustainable and resilient
Citation: Sohail MT, Elkaeed EB, Irfan M, Acevedo-Duque Á and Mustafa S (2022) Determining Farmers’ Awareness About Climate Change Mitigation and Wastewater Irrigation: A Pathway Toward Green and Sustainable Development. Front. Environ. Sci. 10:900193. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.900193
Received: 20 March 2022; Accepted: 11 April 2022;
Published: 11 May 2022.
Edited by:
Asif Razzaq, Dalian University of Technology, ChinaReviewed by:
Mirza Huzaifa Asif, North China Electric Power University, ChinaMuhammad Afaq Haider Jafri, Beijing University of Technology, China
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*Correspondence: Muhammad Tayyab Sohail, tayyabsohail@yahoo.com; Muhammad Irfan, irfansahar2010@gmail.com; Sohaib Mustafa, gillsohaib@yahoo.com