Wednesday, May 7, 2008, Rabi-ul-Sani 30, 1429    

Faisalabad University students in Capital on study tour

Raja Zahid

Islamabad—Almost 51 students from University of Agriculture Faisalabad on Tuesday paid a visit to Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) in connection with University research study tour program.
Dr. Munir Ahmed, Member, Social Sciences Division (SSD), said that PARC conducts research, especially of a basic and long term nature in areas of national importance, which are either neglected or inadequately covered, or are beyond the resources of the provincial institutions.
He told the students, PARC is the apex agricultural research organization at the national level. Its main objective is to strengthen Pakistan’s agricultural research system, comprising the federal and provincial components.
PARC is the only organization in the country with a mandate to coordinate agricultural research, being carried out in the provincial as well as federal institutions.
Speaking on Social Sciences Mandated activities, he informed the students that  SSD undertake research on different priority issues of national and regional importance in the disciplines of agricultural social sciences; provide research feed-back to the biological scientists working on different crops and livestock; develop and strengthen linkages with research and extension for technology transfer; extend consultancy/advisory services to the biological scientists; and information dissemination and human resource development through trainings, workshops, seminars and conferences.