UAF NEWS

University of Agriculture, Faisalabad is going to organize a stakeholders’ meeting on sustainable cotton production and its decline issues on Friday September 20, 2019 at 2:00 pm.

The meeting is to be conducted by Department of Entomology in collaboration with Punjab Agricultural Research Board (PARB) and Pakistan Central Cotton Committee, at Syndicate Hall of the varsity. Chairman Kashmir Committee Syed Fakhar Imam Shah and former federal minister for commerce and investment Mr. Jahangir Khan Tareen will be the chief guests of the occasion. UAF Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ashraf (HI, SI) will be the host of the meeting. Focal Person of the meeting Prof. Dr. Muhammad Jalal Arif who had conducted three surveys in the province to determine the major causes behind low cotton production will open the discussion as keynote speaker. Stakeholders including progressive farmers, researchers, government functionaries, people from pesticides companies, office bearers of farmer’s organizations will be participating in the meeting.