PARC Chairman stressed the need for ecology-based research in the Balochistan, Thar, Cholistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan regions.
On the eve of the New Year, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) Chairman Dr. Ghulam Muhammad Ali addressed the scientific community and wished everyone a happy and prosperous new year. He emphasized the importance of modern agriculture techniques in ensuring national food security.
Modern agriculture techniques can help to increase crop yields, improve the efficiency of resource use, and reduce the impact of pests and diseases.
The address was attended by the entire scientific community of PARC in Pakistan. Chairman PARC highlighted a number of initiatives undertaken over the previous year to advance the council and assist and support the scientists in his address to the audience.
He highlighted a number of potential research priority areas in his speech, primarily focusing on important industries like crops, livestock, natural resources, agricultural machinery, social sciences, and planning and development. He continued by saying that each and every scientist should help advance in promoting research culture in the council.
In particular, he stressed the need for ecology-based research in the Balochistan, Thar, Cholistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan regions. According to him, high-value horticulture crops like pistachio, olive, and saffron may be promoted in Balochistan, while research on trout farming, pine nuts, walnuts, cherries, kiwi fruit, and other fruits must be prioritised in Gilgit-Balistan.
He continued by saying that because Pakistan spends a lot of money on its imports, the livestock sector’s scientists play a crucial role in the local development of vaccines.
Using cutting-edge methods like CNC, 3D modelling, and CAD, agricultural mechanisation has a significant role to play in designing, developing, and commercialising the machinery for small farmers at affordable prices locally.
The establishment of the first-ever aeroponic greenhouse complex at NARC, the establishment of a speed breeding facility, the first-ever successful invitro fertilisation, embryo production, and transfer technology in Nili Ravi buffalo, and the introduction of equipment for regenerative agriculture in Pakistan were among the outstanding recent successful initiatives taken by PARC that Dr. Ali informed the entire scientific community about as he wrapped up the speech.
At the conclusion, the Chairman of PARC thanked the scientists for attending and sent his best wishes for a wonderful and fruitful new year.