Dean Committee Meeting

FAISALABAD Mar 06; Agricultural scientists should pace up the research-based tangible efforts to tackle the challenges faced the agriculture sector. It will help increase per acre productivity and ensure food security. This was said by University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Zulfiqar Ali while chairing the dean committee meeting. He stressed upon the need to bring tangible research-oriented plans by every single scientist of UAF which could bring improvement not only to the agriculture sector but other fields. He said agriculture sector was confronting with numerous problems including climate changes, low productivity, soil fertility, water scarcity and others. He said knowledge-based economies are proving their mettle and we have to strengthen the academia-industry linkages. He urged UAF scientists to come up with out-of-the-box solutions, secure funding from international or national level in order to translate their ideas into goods and services. He said that innovations will prove to be milestones in solving agriculture and other problems. He said that academia and research excellence need to be ensured to compete with the rest of the world and to excel. He said we are creating an atmosphere of respect, care and brotherhood that is essential for a happy society. He said the university is taking every possible step to address the problems faced by faculty and students. We must play our role in promoting culture of ownership, he added.