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Farm research work reviewed

RECORDER REPORT

HYDERABAD: The Director General Agriculture Research Sindh, Syed Javed Iqbal Bukhari paid an exhaustive visit to various research institutes in Upper Sindh to apprise himself of the research work being conducted there.

He inspected Dates Research Station Kot Diji, Cotton Research Station Ghotki, Vegetable Research Station Sarhad, Oil Seed Research Station Sanghi, Soil and Water Testing Laboratory Shikarpur, Rice and Oil Seed Sub-station Jamra, Rice Research Institute Dokri, Quaid-e-Awam Research institute Naudero, Maize and Millet Research Station and Soil and Water Test Laboratory Dadu.

Addressing the scientists and workers, he said that they will have to work hard to bring about an agricultural revolution in the country.

He said that the production targets of agricultural produce could only be met by evolving new varieties of seed.

He was hopeful that the target given to Sindh for the pre-basic, basic and certified seed of wheat will be achieved.