Bahawalpur
Vice Chancellor Islamia University Bahawalpur Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob attended a meeting held in Islamabad under the chairmanship of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Food Security Jamshed Iqbal Cheema.
The Vice Chancellor apprised that Islamia University is taking immediate steps for large scale cultivation of strip intercropping.
For this purpose, young researcher Dr. Ali Raza will prepare PC-1 keeping in view the importance of the agriculture economy.
Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob launched a special project on intercropping technology as a game changer in the context of massive import of edible oil and saving billions of rupees in foreign exchange.
He promoted cooperation with Chinese universities for this purpose. Dr. Muhammad Ali Raza, a researcher and agricultural scientist, worked very fast in this regard. Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob also inspected the test fields and senior officials of federal and provincial research institutes inspected the test cultivation and appreciated the initiative of Islamia University.
Last month, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan inaugurated the Intercropping Research Center on the occasion of his visit to Islamia University, Bahawalpur.—PR
