Mango Workshop: Experts can resolve farmers’ problems

Mangoes attract foreign exchange through export


APP July 14, 2017
Mangoes. PHOTO: AFP

MULTAN: Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) Vice Chancellor Dr Tahir Amin urged local farmers to consult agriculture experts and the college to get problems related to mango crop resolved.

He expressed these views after opening the two-day mango workshop/exhibition at the university on Thursday. “Our experts will tell you solutions of mango-related problems,” said Amin, adding that universities are meant to resolve problems of local agriculture, industry and trade and social sector.

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He said that mangoes had started to attract foreign exchange through export. Speaking on the occasion, Mango Growers Association former president Syed Zahid Gardezi urged students to intern at orchards for research and to provide them an opportunity to interact with mango farmers.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 14th, 2017.

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