Improving yields: Achieving agricultural self-sufficiency
Javed added that the identification of problems was also a big achievement on the part of the agriculture department.
LAHORE:
Punjab Agriculture Minister Dr Farrukh Javed said that adopting modern techniques in agriculture, could help Pakistan obtain food autarky. Javed said the government had contributed a lot to the promotion of agriculture and livestock. He said, food security was as important as national security and a bipartisan approach was required to solve the complexities of the business environment which is subjected to politics. He said, agricultural research had been given new shape and now modern research was aiming at discovery and interpretation of facts shaped specifically for our realities and requirements. Javed added that the identification of problems was also a big achievement on the part of the agriculture department. He said, keeping in view the large contribution of the agriculture sector in the national economy steps were being taken to improve it further.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 14th, 2013.
Punjab Agriculture Minister Dr Farrukh Javed said that adopting modern techniques in agriculture, could help Pakistan obtain food autarky. Javed said the government had contributed a lot to the promotion of agriculture and livestock. He said, food security was as important as national security and a bipartisan approach was required to solve the complexities of the business environment which is subjected to politics. He said, agricultural research had been given new shape and now modern research was aiming at discovery and interpretation of facts shaped specifically for our realities and requirements. Javed added that the identification of problems was also a big achievement on the part of the agriculture department. He said, keeping in view the large contribution of the agriculture sector in the national economy steps were being taken to improve it further.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 14th, 2013.