Balochistan: PARC to train 1,000 farmers

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (Parc), under a special project of ‘Skill Development of the Farmers of Balochistan (SDFB) would train 1,000 farmers to improve agriculture productivity on a sustained basis in the province. Addressing the concluding ceremony of first batch of the training course of SDFB, National Agriculture Research Centre (Narc) Director General Muhammad Azeem Khan said the objective of the programme was to improve productivity with focus on innovations, ideas and skills for food security in the region and improvement of livelihood of Balochistan farming community. “Four major need based areas of agriculture including water conservation, vegetable and fruit production and value addition, major crops and livestock production, would be focused on during the training,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 1^st,  2015.

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