Islamabad, February 25, 2020 (PPI-OT):Excellency, Mr. Yao Jing, Chinese Ambassador has met with Dr. Muhammad Azeem Khan, PARC at PARC HQs, Islamabad. Detailed discussion was carried out about the investment of agriculture sector in Pakistan under CPEC. His Excellency suggested...
Islamabad, February 19, 2020 (PPI-OT):Aflatoxin is a serious threat to food security by infecting many of Pakistan’s agricultural products, including cereal grains, chillies, dry fruits and nuts, and milk. It is produced by a poisonous fungus. The fungus can infect...
Islamabad, February 13, 2020 (PPI-OT):Dr. Muhammad Azeem Khan, Chairman, PARC and Dr. Attaullah Khan, Director General SARC, visited CDRI. Dr. Nasreen Sultana, Director CDRI, the officers and staff at CDRI gave warm welcome to Chairman PARC. The Chairman PARC visited...
Islamabad, February 06, 2020 (PPI-OT): Dr. Muhammad Azeem Khan, Chairman, PARC along with a technical team of PARC consisting of Dr. Sarfraz Ahmed, Member (Natural Resources) PARC, Eng. Izhar-ul-Haq Qazi, Sr. Director (Works), PARC, Aziz Ullah Shah, Director (Soil Sciences),...
Islamabad, February 01, 2020 (PPI-OT): A new high cane and sugar yielding sugarcane variety YT-55-Thatta developed by scientists of National Sugar and Tropical Horticulture Research Institute (NSTHRI), PARC, Thatta has been approved by Provincial Seed Council, Sindh for commercial cultivation...
Islamabad, January 28, 2020 (PPI-OT):A policy dialogue on National Agriculture and Food Security in Pakistan was organized by Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum in a local Hotel at Islamabad under the objectives that Food systems are facing challenges whether it be...
Islamabad, January 24, 2020 (PPI-OT): Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar, Federal Minister for NFS and R said that Government has focused to curb food inflation for which a robust early warning system would be developed. He further said that Pakistan being an...