News
CEO meeting on Ginger Export
- by PHDEC
- January 23, 2023
Pakistan is spending an average of 80 million USD annually to import ginger from China and Thailand. Realizing the need for import substitution, Pakistan Horticulture Development & Export Company organized a consultative session on “Import Substitution for Ginger in Pakistan”. Issues related to Ginger harvesting, seed varieties suitable for domestic environment and way forward for export of ginger were discussed at length in the meeting. Dr. Kausar Ali Zaidi (C.E.O PHDEC) chaired the meeting with active participation from Pakistan Agriculture Research Council Headquaters Islamabad and Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Workshops
Good Agricultural Practices of Onion
- by PHDEC
- January 9, 2023
Pakistan Horticulture Development & Export Company (PHDEC) in pursuance of its 3-years workplan, conducted its second workshop on “Good Agricultural Practices of Onion” in collaboration with Onion Research Institute (ORI), Hyderabad. The activity initiated at Onion Research Institute (ORI), where Dr. Rasool Bux Laghari, Director (ORI) provided training to the farmers on onion bed formation for seed and plantation of onion for seed production followed by lectures from Dr. Jamil Jokhyio, Dr. Tanveer Fatima Miano, and other agriculture officers from Department of Agriculture, Sindh. The activity sensitized a large number of farmers, growers, people from research institutions, academia, government officials and growers’ associations from Sindh. Among other prominent speakers were Mr. Mahmood Nawaz Shah, Vice President Sindh Abadgar, Mr. Imran Ali Bozdar, Finance Secretary, Sindh Abadgar, and Mr. Shafique Ahmed from FFC.
