The webinar on “Cherry Orchard Management for Good Quality & Yield was held today to educate cherry farmers/growers on the importance of harvesting and handling. Mr. Muhammad Din from Principal Scientist, Mountain Agricultural Research Centre, Juglot, GilgitBaltistan gave a detailed overview of cherry orchard management with special emphasis on fruit setting, fruit development, insect/pest & […]
After the successful launch of its “Pilot Project on Mango Bagging” in Sindh, PHDEC launched the second phase of “Mango Bagging” at Lutfabad Mango Farms, Multan. Selective progressive Mango growers/exporters of Multan region were invited to take part in the launching. Mango Bagging has important commercial benefits in reducing postharvest diseases & damages, preservation of […]
Value added products of Apple Webinar Minutes of meeting
Pre-Season Seminar on Mango PHDEC in pursuance of its mandate on product development held a pre-season seminar on mango. CEO PHDEC, Mr. Athar Hussain Khokhar welcomed the guests and thanked the speakers for taking time out of their already very busy schedules.Dr. Waqar Ahmed, Sector Advisor (Horticulture) briefed about the harvesting time & methods and […]
Harvesting and Storage of Garlic PHDEC in pursuance of its mandate conducted a webinar on “Harvesting and Storage of Garlic”.The webinar provided a platform to the stakeholders to discuss harvesting, post-harvest handling, transportation, loading, unloading, curing & storages issues of garlic to minimize the postharvest losses. The webinar further aimed to discuss the availability of […]
Value added products of Citrus PHDEC while consolidating on its mandate conducted a webinar on “Value-added products of Citrus”. The purpose of the webinar was to share possible interventions in value-addition of citrus. Target audiences of the webinar were processors, progressive growers, R&D and private companies. The stakeholders were from all over the Pakistan. CEO, […]
End of Season Seminar on Citrus PHDEC in pursuance of its mandate organised an “End of Season Seminar on Citrus” in collaboration with College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha. A large number of exporters/processors, growers, experts from R&D, and Academia participated in the seminar physically and through Zoom link. CEO, PHDEC Mr. Athar Khokhar welcomed […]
Mango Bagging Project PHDEC kicked off “the Pilot Project on Mango Bagging” in collaboration with Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Sindh Abadgar Board, Sindh Mango Growers Association and Genuine Delight Farms. The launching ceremony was held at Genuine Delight Farms, Tando Allah Yar where a large number of progressive mango growers, representatives from Sindh Agriculture Department, […]
Harvest & post-harvest handling techniques of Apple Pakistan Horticulture Development & Export Company while pursuing its mandate of product development and value chain optimization, under the guidance and support of Trade Development Authority of Pakistan conducted a webinar on ‘Harvest & post-harvest handling techniques of Apple. Experts from Balochistan Agriculture Department and NARC, Ministry of […]
Webinar on “Training of Farmers on Nursery Propagation, Transplantation & Plant Population of Red Chilies” aimed at building capacity of the farmers on nursery propagation, transplantation of nursery plants & plant population of chilies. Participants of the webinar were progressive grower/farmers of chilies. Experts from PARC-AZRC, NARC & TDAP explained the production technology and different […]
