Our Correspondent Hyderabad
Sindh Agriculture University Tando Jam, Vice Chancellor Dr Fateh Muhammad Mari Tuesday inaugurated the first academic research trial on “Quinoa” super food to develop production technology of Quinoa in Sindh. This research is being conducted by Ghulam Mustafa Nangraj under supervision of Prof Dr Aijaz Ahmed Soomro Chairman Department of Agronomy Sindh Agriculture University Tando Jam.
Dr Marri appreciated the research work and said climate change was a big threat to the agriculture of Sindh and affecting crop yields due to weather variability, rising temperature, shrinking winter, soil degradation, scarcity of water, sea water intrusion etc. It needs to be addressed through different research options, including introduction of new crops.
