LAHORE: The speakers at a four-day training workshop stressed a need for improving the agricultural practices and cultivating an environment where knowledge and best practices may be shared so as to increase the sugarcane yields.
Among others, Nauman Ahmad Khan, Dr Suman Seeruttun from Mauritius and Dr Muhammad Afzal from the Ayub Agricultural Institute addressed the attendees including a large number of sugar mill professionals, mill owners and progressive agriculturists.
Titled “Best Global Agricultural Practices for Sugarcane”, the workshop was organised by the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association Punjab in collaboration with the Sugarcane Research & Development Board.
The workshop was aimed to disseminate knowledge amongst sugar and sugarcane professionals to enhance productivity and yield of sugarcane with increased recovery of sugar. During the workshop, a number of cutting-edge agricultural practices such as “New Cropping Systems” were introduced to the audience, while the problems and challenges prevalent within the Pakistani sugarcane sector were also discussed in length.
