UVAS hosts symposium on effects of flood on agriculture

University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) on Tuesday arranged National Symposium on “Effects of Flood on Agriculture and Livestock Sector, How to recover through agri-banking and finance” at its city camp.

Dean Faculty of Bio-sciences Dr Habibur Rehman chaired concluding session and distributed certificates among the resource people of symposium while Assistant Director Headquaters Pest Warning and Quality Control of Pesticide government of Punjab Dr Sabin Fatima, Head Agriculture Credit Division Bank of Punjab Sarfraz Hussain, Chairperson Department of Biological Sciences Dr Mubashra Munir, Programme Coordinator Biological Sciences Dr Imtiaz Rabbani and a number of students were present.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Habibur Rehman said last year due to destruction by flash floods, livestock and agriculture sectors were affected as well as poor farming community in rural areas was facing economic loss.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 4^th, 2023.