Month: July 2015

The Variety Evaluation Committee (VEC) on Rice was held at Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) headquarters under the Chairmanship of affiliate Plant Sciences Division, Dr. Muhammad Shahid Masood. In this meeting, Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) sanctioned eleven (11) new high-yielding rice varieties including seven (7) hybrid and four (4) Open-Pollinated (OP) seed for cultivation […]

On 14th April, 2015, Tuesday Netherlands Ambassador Marcel de Vink visited Depalpur, Punjab to witness the first-ever yield of salt resistant potatoes. According to a statement issued by the Dutch Embassy, ?The project is combination of Dutch agricultural innovation and Pakistani entrepreneurship. With the mutual effort of Jaffer Brothers, MetaMeta Research, Salt Farm Texel and […]

The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) has launched an e-farming system first time in Pakistan; to edify the farmers and assist them to acquire maximum yield and profits by modern agri biotech applications. It is a step towards adopting modern technologies. ?Through e-farming, the yield can be enhanced to 40 maunds per acre? said the […]

The Variety Evaluation Committee meeting held on Tuesday, 3rd March, 2015 at PARC headquarters. In Variety Evaluation Committee (VEC) meeting, the agriculture scientists of Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) have released four new rust resistant wheat varieties including a bio-fortified variety having 50 percent Zinc (Zn) contents. It is pertinent to cite here that Zinc […]

A China-Pakistan Trade and Investment Symposium were held at the Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing. On the occasion, the Chinese Ambassador, Masood Khalid while addressing stated that Chinese companies can team up with their Pakistani counterparts to develop agriculture sector, especially in biotechnology field by introducing new and innovative technologies, for the food security of […]

Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCV) was the largest impediment to cotton maximization which has been overcome to some extent in Pakistan but it is still a hurdle for high yield of cotton crop. Sources in Ministry of Textile Industry said that Government has taken various measures to upgrade cotton production. CLCV resistant varieties of GM […]