Punjab: Agri-tech expo planned for April
Exhibition’s prime purpose is to promote advanced mechanisation and educate the farming community
Workshop held to improve agriculture services PHOTO: AFP
LAHORE:
The Punjab Agriculture Department is organising the International Agri-Tech 2018 Expo, which is expected to be the country’s biggest such event, for the promotion of agriculture machinery at the Lahore Expo Centre on April 6 and 7. A spokesperson for the agriculture department said the exhibition’s prime purpose was to promote advanced mechanisation and educate the farming community on how to make use of hi-tech machinery at the farm level. He said the exhibition could prove to be a blessing for the agriculture sector as it would be the first time importers and exporters of advanced agriculture machinery would find a platform providing opportunities for their businesses to grow. The official said farmers would also be provided with proper knowledge about how to use hi-tech services which would help in reducing the input cost and expanding per acre yield without hassle.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 15th, 2018.
The Punjab Agriculture Department is organising the International Agri-Tech 2018 Expo, which is expected to be the country’s biggest such event, for the promotion of agriculture machinery at the Lahore Expo Centre on April 6 and 7. A spokesperson for the agriculture department said the exhibition’s prime purpose was to promote advanced mechanisation and educate the farming community on how to make use of hi-tech machinery at the farm level. He said the exhibition could prove to be a blessing for the agriculture sector as it would be the first time importers and exporters of advanced agriculture machinery would find a platform providing opportunities for their businesses to grow. The official said farmers would also be provided with proper knowledge about how to use hi-tech services which would help in reducing the input cost and expanding per acre yield without hassle.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 15th, 2018.