Adopt modern tech to save money, water: ICARDA chief

SUKKUR: By adopting modern and latest technologies of farming, water, effort, and money can be saved. This was said by Dr Abdul Majid, who is Pakistan’s country manager for the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).He said this in a meeting with Agriculture Service Providers (ASPs) of the Jamshoro district at the U.S.-Pakistan Centre for Advanced Studies in Water (USPCAS-W), MUET, on Saturday.

Dr Majid said the duplicate of Banana Tree Shredder has been made in Pakistan. “Through this machine,” he said, “the residual of banana trees could be composed as organic fertiliser, which is very beneficial for the soil health and also can be used by farmers in their crops.” He said that through ridge sowing of wheat, 30 to 35 per cent of water can be saved.