ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) in collaboration with Chinese hybrid rice seeds research organisation has initiated a campaign to promote hybrid seed cultivation across the crop growing areas of the country.
The main aim of this joint initiative was to enhance per acre crop productivity, increase profitability and produce surplus commodity for exports enhancement. In this regard, an official of the council told APP that both the countries have decided to work together for conducting joint awareness programmes to adopt hybrid rice seeds.
The Chinese scientists are scheduled to train 30 Pakistani agriculture scientists, selected from all the four provinces. Besides, he said that they will also impart training to the members of the provincial field extension departments on hybrid rice cultivation. They would also organise road-shows and field visits across the rice-growing areas to address the issues and challenges in promotion of hybrid rice seed, he added.
He further informed that the revolutionary hybrid rice seed was recently developed by the Chinese researchers, which would help Pakistani farmers to enhance significantly their per acre yield.
