The Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) has provided over 50,000 potato tubers to the Agriculture Department of Gilgit Baltistan to promote disease free potato production as well as for research and development for enhancing the output of crop in these areas.
The Council has also provided seeds of various other crops including transferring technology for banana tissue culture, besides it would also open Pakistan Agrotech Company display center at GB, said Chairman PARC Dr Muhammad Azeem. He stated this while talking to Minister of Agriculture GB Muhammad Kazim Mesam, who visited PARC and National Agriculture Research Center (NARC) here on Monday.
Source: technologytimes.pk
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