Cotton scientists examine crop varieties

Traveling cotton seminar highlighted challenges, issues being faced by local cotton producer

ISLAMABAD: A group of researchers comprising 24 cotton scientists have visited over 600 farm fields to examine the performance of different crop varieties being cultivated over the crop producing areas across the country.

During the two-week long ‘traveling cotton’ seminar, they also visited the seed outlets of different companies and inspected the quality of seeds in order to ensure availability of certified seed for crop growers, said Cotton Commissioner Dr Khalid Abdullah.



Talking to APP on Tuesday, he said that the initiative was designed to observe the performance of different cotton seed varieties being cultivated across crop sowing areas.

The other objective of the traveling cotton seminar was to highlight the challenges and issues being faced by the local cotton producer and suggest practical steps for their redressal, he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 20^th, 2017.

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