Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Spanning eight days long travelling seminar for “kharif pulses mash, mungbean, lobia” in various ecological zones of Punjab and KP Provinces is being inaugurated by PARC yesterday. Organized under the PSDP project titled “Promotion Research for Productivity Enhancement in Pulses” that is primarily, focusing on learning issues, new varieties appraisal, and develop new research ideas about pulses. According to a press release issued by PARC, these seminars provide an interactive platform to the participants to exchange outstanding ideas and learning from expert breeders and other senior scientists. Such travelling seminars are organized in order to facilitate agri. scientists to get conversant with new technology, and specifically the adoption of advanced agricultural technologies in pulses production.
The Chairman was also of the view that Pulses Travelling Seminars give us an opportunity to raise awareness about how pulses provide nutritional development and are a very much a part of sustainable food production aimed at food security and nutrition.
