ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) in collabora-tion with United States on Tuesday launched $4.5 million “Fertilizer Right Project”, aim-ing at to enhance fertilizer use efficiency through innovative practices as well as to ad-dress climate, environmental and economic challenges.
As part of the US-Pakistan “Green Alliance” framework, the project prioritizes coopera-tion to overcome agricultural challenges caused by climate change, with a shared ob-jective of reducing carbon emissions that contribute to climate change.
This innovative four years project also aims to help local farmers to enhance fertilizer use efficiency through innovative practices, said a press release issued by PARC.
The launching ceremony was held at National Agriculture Research Center, which was attended by the Ambassador of United States to Pakistan, Donald Blome and the Chairman of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Dr Ghulam Muhammad Ali.
Speaking on the occasion Chairman PARC said that with this vital initiative, the United States and Pakistan are committed to build a sustainable future, supporting farmers and communities to overcome the complex environmental challenges of the future. He lauded the support extended by the United States to the agricultural sector of Paki-stan for decades and also highlighted various collaborative initiatives between USDA and PARC.
“Pakistani scientists are being trained under United States capacity building programs and these scientists are continuously contributing to the agricultural development in the country”, he added. Dr Ali highlighted that irrational use of chemical fertilizers to increase agricultural productivity and meet the food demands of growing population and said that it was leading to environmental degradation and health hazards. –Agencies
