The Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization, University of Agriculture Faisalabad arranged an awareness seminar on safe use of pesticide in the agricultural field.

The Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization, University of Agriculture Faisalabad arranged an awareness seminar on safe use of pesticide in the agricultural field. The session was arranged in collaboration with Bayer Pakistan Limited. The session was meant to curb unsafe pesticide usage that will help provide healthy agricultural produce. Addressing on the occasion, Taufique Sidique Head of Product Development Bayer Pakistan said that his organization is coming up with tangible measures for the sustainable development of agriculture sector. He said that the agriculture was the backbone of our economy as most of the population was associated with the sector Regional Technical Manager Multan Habibur Rehman said that that safe use of the pesticide is the prerequisite for the healthy nation. He said that that the development of the agriculture would bring prosperity. UAF Associate Professor Dr Abdul Rasheed said that there is a need to educate the farming community about the modern and safe trend in the sector. He said that country was blessed with the tremendous talent. There is a need to tap the potential. UAF Assistant Professor Dr Khurrum Zia said that the rational and safe usage of pesticide usage would help the country save billion of rupees. He said that it was need of the hour to create the awareness among the farming community about the modern trends in the sector for the uplift of the sector. Fahimuddin Regional Technical Manager Bayer also spoke .