Soybean farmers assured of support
With intercropping-specific sowing planter, people can sow two crops at a time, which will save a lot of time and labour cost in the near future. PHOTO: china economic net
Innovation and optimisation of the Chinese strip intercropping technology have been achieved in Pakistan, which won high praise from Punjab Governor Engineer Muhammad Balighur Rehman in a recent meeting held at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur.
The governor assured agriculturists of his office’s full support for the promotion of soybean production in Punjab through the strip intercropping technology.
“Efforts of Professor Athar Mahboob, Vice Chancellor Islamia University of Bahawalpur, are commendable for establishing the research institutes, eg the National Research Centre for Intercropping,” he stated.
“The institute can find solutions to the local problems and bring farmers out of the quagmire of exhausting crop systems (mono-cropping systems),” he added.
In August 2021, the National Research Centre for Intercropping was jointly established by the Sichuan Agricultural University and the Islamia University of Bahawalpur.
During the meeting, Punjab governor emphasised the need for transferring the strip intercropping technology to farmer fields. He declared the intercropping technology as one of the best and feasible agricultural production strategies for local soybean production to rein in the increasing import bill.
Balighur Rehman announced that he would regularly use his office to educate the policymakers and farmers about the highly productive and sustainable cropping technology.
THE ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON THE CHINA ECONOMIC NET
Published in The Express Tribune, October 20th, 2022.
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