ISLAMABAD, Aug 7 (APP): Pakistan Agricultural Research
Council (PARC) Chairman Dr Nadeem Amjad Sunday said the crop
management technologies could only be transferred to farmers with
the active involvement of public-private sector and farmers.
He was addressing inaugural session of a two-day Agricultural Innovation Programme (AIP) Agronomy Annual Meeting-2016 here,
a PARC press statement said.
The PARC Chairman appreciated the efforts of International Maize
and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), US Agency for International
Development (USAID) and other national partners for development and
dissemination of crop management techniques to the farming community
in the country.
He said Pakistani farmers were facing various challenges and
these issues were not only affecting farm productivity but also
affecting environment.
He said there was a need to improve crop management practices
in such a way that better yields with clean environment could be
achieved.
He said this could only be possible through efficient use
of natural resources like soil and water and efficient management of
inputs at farm level.
The meeting was jointly organized by CIMMYT and PARC under
USAID’s funded Agricultural Innovation Programme (AIP) for Pakistan.
National partners shared progress on AIP’s agronomy activities, discuss implementation related issues, future activities and work plan
during the meeting.