Balochistan Delegation: Agriculture team visits AARI

FAISALABAD: A delegation of agriculture officers from Balochistan visited Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad. AARI Director General Dr Abid Mahmood, briefing the delegation, said that AARI Faisalabad was playing an important role in the growth of agriculture sector. He said that 500 varieties of different crops have so far been introduced by the research institute. Among them are 83 varieties of wheat, 62 of cotton, 27 of rice, 25 of sugarcane, 29 of maize, 31 of pulses, 32 of oilseed crops, 27 fodders, 65 of vegetables, 105 of fruits and three varieties of flowers. He said that AARI had also introduced high quality canola varieties to increase the production of oilseeds at a national level, and two best varieties of olive oil have also been introduced.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 30^th, 2017.

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