Hybrid Rice Cultivation: Chinese team arrives to train scientists
They will organise road shows, field visits across the rice-growing areas
Rice. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD:
A group of Chinese agriculture experts, comprising 12 hybrid rice scientists, arrived on Tuesday to train local scientists and farmers in hybrid rice cultivation technologies to improve per-acre crop productivity.
The Chinese scientists are scheduled to train 30 Pakistani agriculture scientists, selected from all the four provinces. Apart from this, they will also impart training to members of the provincial field extension departments in hybrid rice cultivation.
Karachi University gets a research centre for rice
They will organise road shows and field visits across the rice-growing areas to address the issues and challenges in the promotion of hybrid rice seeds.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 13th, 2017.
A group of Chinese agriculture experts, comprising 12 hybrid rice scientists, arrived on Tuesday to train local scientists and farmers in hybrid rice cultivation technologies to improve per-acre crop productivity.
The Chinese scientists are scheduled to train 30 Pakistani agriculture scientists, selected from all the four provinces. Apart from this, they will also impart training to members of the provincial field extension departments in hybrid rice cultivation.
Karachi University gets a research centre for rice
They will organise road shows and field visits across the rice-growing areas to address the issues and challenges in the promotion of hybrid rice seeds.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 13th, 2017.