Department
of Agriculture Organized one
day international seminar on “Hybrid Wheat Production” at Garden Campus Abdul
Wali Khan University Mardan. Dr. Kawsar Ali (Assistant Professor, Agriculture
Dpt AWKUM) was the chief organizer of the event while Prof. DrZhong Sheng Quan
from Beijnng Engineering Research System was the invited speaker of the event.
Prof Dr Muhammad Arif and Prof. Dr Bashir Ahmad were invited from the
Agriculture University Peshawar as National Speakers. Dr. Zafar Hayat Khan,
Chairman Agriculture Department, addressed the participant and welcomed the
guest in his welcome note speak. While Talking about the importance of Hybrid
Wheat production Prof. Dr. Zhong Cheng Quan Said “Growing more food is the cry
of the day. We have to adopt new technologies and techniques to fulfill food
requirement of the ever growing population of the world. Without the
introduction of hybrid wheat production system we cant ensure food security in
the region. With the help of hybrid system we can not only save the land
resources but also can significantly improve fertilizer and nutrients use
efficiency”. He also highly acknowledged the advancement of AWKUM in the world
of research. He declared AWKUM as one of the best and fast growing research
oriented university in the country. Dr. Kawsar Ali said in his speech “We don’t
have any other option except to adopt and go for applied research. The farmers
and people of the society are looking to agriculture scientist as we are
believed to be their last hope. It’s a do or die situation for us to fulfill
the food demand of ever escalating population of the country with the help of
best agriculture practices”. Professor Dr Muhammad Arif and Prof Dr Bashir
Ahmad also addressed the session and praised the efforts of AWKUM as a whole
and agriculture department specifically. Chairman Agriculture Department told
the participant and Agriculture Department has organized number of events both
at national and international level in this calendar year to address and
highlight various national and international issues. Chief Guest and all
speakers highly acknowledged the effort of organizing committee specially
DrAdil Hussain and Dr Muhammad Ali who worked day and night to make the event
possible. Chief guest in speech said “Its never easy to conduct international
event in such environment when you are supposed to face so many security and
administrative constraint at national levels, however ,DrAdil and Dr M. Ali
along with faculty members of agriculture department made it possible in
shortest possible time.
