Arif is a post graduate in Agriculture and Environmental Management with experience in agricultural, natural resource, environmental and geo spatial fields. His research at Curtin University focuses on enhancing urban sustainability through enabling urban agriculture policy and planning.
Arif has extensive experience in stakeholder engagement, negotiation, providing technical support, developing policy and planning including being a member for developing standardization of organic rice cultivation hosted by Asian Organic Research Network based at Dankook University, South Korea, and an executive committee member of Bangladesh Rice Foundation.