Orchard Farming : PARC to give 20,000 hybrid fruit plants

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (Parc) will provide 20,000 certified hybrid fruit plants to promote orchard farming in different ecologies across the country.

In this regard, Parc has developed plant nurseries in its National Tea and High Value Crop Research Institution (NTHRI), Mansehra. As many as 60 types of fruit plants including apple, peach, apricot, cherry, almond, fig, pomegranate and walnut have been developed for farmers, said NTHRI Director Dr Zahid Hamid.



He said due to rapid urbanisation, fruit orchards were shrinking rapidly, resulting in massive reduction in farm income of the locals.

The cultivable farm land was also transforming into barren land, which enhanced rural poverty, he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 6^th, 2017.

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