Punjab Seed Council approves two new Bt cotton varieties
National
January 30, 2021
MULTAN: The Punjab Seed Council Friday approved two new Bt cotton varieties bringing sizeable increase in production and enhancing yield potential up to 50 maunds, agriculture officials said.
A spokesperson to Central Cotton Research Institute Sajjid Mehmood said Punjab Agriculture Minister Syed Hussain Jahanian Gardezi chaired the 54th meeting of PSC at Agriculture House Lahore and agricultural scientists across the province attended the meeting. He said the varieties have high fiber properties as well as resistance to viruses and high productivity. Pakistan Central Cotton Committee vice president Dr. Muhammad Ali Talpur congratulated the Director CCRE Multan and all the agricultural scientists, particularly the agronomists and other staff of the Breeding Section and expressed hope that Pakistan Central Cotton Committee would continue in the future and its research institutes maintain old tradit
Govt to utilise all resources to introduce smart agro technology
Islamabad
January 23, 2021
Rawalpindi:Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain Chaudhry said that the Federal and Punjab governments are committed to utilising all resources to introduce industry and smart technology related to agriculture and other sectors.
He stated this at a ceremony of laying the foundation stone of National Centre for Industrial Biotechnology (NCAB) and solarisation project at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR), here on Friday.
On the occasion, Punjab Agriculture Minister Syed Hussain Jahanian Gardezi, PMAS-AAUR Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Qamar uz Zaman, Chairman Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Syed Hussain Abidi, University faculty members, students, deans, and directors were also present.