Promoting environmental-friendly agriculture practices

July 03, 2013

Speakers at an international seminar called for promoting latest environmental-friendly agriculture practices like Precision Agriculture (PA) to increase agricultural productivity and to reduce the cost of agricultural production in a bid to ensure food security.
The international seminar titled Technology, Energy and Natural Resources was arranged by Department of Environmental Sciences, GC University Faisalabad that was presided over by Acting Vice Chancellor and Dean Faculty of Science and Technology Professor Dr Naureen Aziz Qureshi. The other speakers include Dr Qamar Zaman and Dr Tri Ngyuen Quang from Dalhousie University Canada, and Department Chairman Dr Farhat Abbas. Dr Schumann from University of Florida also addressed on video conference recorded talk.
Addressing on the occasion, Professor Dr Naureen Aziz said it was prerequisite to make efficient use of natural resources keeping in view the modern trend at par with the international standards by adopting latest techniques. She said glaciers were melting drastically due to climate changes and after 50 years, the country would be left with the few glaciers if the dilemma continued. "Keeping in view, we have to shift to drip irrigation from flood irrigation to save the water for the coming generation," she added. She said level of water use efficiency in Pakistan was only 40 percent while per capita water availability was only 1,000 cubic meter.

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