Breeding Oilseed Crops For Sustainable Production
Oilseed crops play a vital role in modern agriculture as they are the source of vegetable oils, which are essential
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SESAME
PARB Approves Oilseed & Soybean Projects To Reduce Oil Import Bill
Sesame exports from Pakistan have exceeded Rs 75 billion in the current fiscal year, and it is possible that they
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AARI and Chinese Sesame Scientist working together for sesame planting and harvesting
A group of Chinese and Pakistani sesame scientists have selected and exchanged seeds for crop breeding, cooperation in sesame planting and harvesting is in the pipeline under the CPEC framework.
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First call for proposals for the SESAME light source
ISLAMABAD: SESAME, the pioneering new regional laboratory for the Middle East and
neighbouring countries has publicly announced its first call for proposals for experiments.
A third generation light source with a research capacity ranging from medicine to cultural
heritage, SESAME’s first beams will be circulating this autumn, with the experimental
programme getting under way in 2017. SESAME is already host to a growing user community of
some 300
Need to promote Sesame cultivation
Edible oil is one of the important commodities of everyday use. Pakistan has been persistently and acutely deficient in its production. About 70 per cent of the domestic requirements are met through imports. Efforts have been made to increase production. In domestic production major share comes from cottonseed contributing 60 per cent of local production and cotton is growing as fiber crop in Pakistan.
Sesame is an oilseed crop containing 50 per cent oil content compared to soybean 20