‘New technology will help farmers sow rice without water’.
MULTAN: Scientists have successfully developed a new technology that will help farmers sow rice without water.
The recent development would be helpful for the farming community facing water crisis.
These views were expressed by Provincial Agriculture Secretary Muhammad Mahmud on Friday.
Earlier, in view of water scarcity in some areas, farmers adopted drip irrigation system to sow crops.
This technology, so far, has been adopted by many farmers across Punjab owing to acute shortage of river water and limited rains.
CM prioritises improvement in agriculture Keeping in view its high efficacy in conserving water, increasing per acre yield and reducing cost of cultivation, there is a need to create awareness among farmers about the drip irrigation system.
With this technology, the farmers could save 60% electricity and diesel costs augmenting per acre yield by 100%.
A spokesperson of agriculture department said the project would cover 50,000-acre of orchards in Punjab, including 20,000 acres of mango orchards, 26,500 acre of citrus orchards and 3,500 acre guava orchards.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 1st, 2017.