Agricultural experts on Monday said that agro ecological
zones were being redesigned by keeping in view agricultural sustainability,
water scarcity, climate changes, changing weather pattern, soil fertility and
deteriorating underground water quality and markets issues.
The experts were addressing a meeting held to redesign the
agro ecological zones at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad. The meeting
was chaired by the UAF Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan. Arid
Agriculture University Rawalpindi Vice Chancellor Dr Rai Niaz, Director General
Ayub Research Dr Abid Mehmood, Director General Extension Anjum Ali Bhuttar,
UAF Dean Faculty of Agri Engineering Dr Allah Buksh, Dr Muhammad Ashfaq, Dr
Mubasher Riaz and other notables attended the meeting.
Prof Dr Iqrar A Khan said that collaborative work would come
up with viable solutions in the shape of recommendation on agro zone that would
boost the agriculture. He expressed his concern that rainfall volatility,
increased drought and rising temperatures affect crop yields.
He said that baseline for the agro-iconological zone had
been developed which would help address agricultural issues at the national
level. He said the Punjab government was redesigning the agriculture policy to
make the agriculture sector sustainable and profitable.—APP
Soure: Pakistan Observer
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