WWF, CCRI Working For Environment Friendly Cotton Cultivation

World Wide Fund for Nature and Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI) Multan Tuesday opened a four-day training workshop for over 50 WWF officials on skills for production of high quality clean cotton in environment-friendly way

MULTAN, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Apr, 2019 ) :World Wide Fund for Nature and Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI) Multan Tuesday opened a four-day training workshop for over 50 WWF officials on skills for production of high quality clean cotton in environment-friendly way.

The workshop was a step forward under Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) programme after WWF and CCRI Multan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) some time ago, CCRI spokesman said.

Led by WWF Multan project coordinator Abdur Rasheed Bhutto, over 50 WWF producer unit managers underwent guidance and training at CCRI Multan on cotton production technology on the opening day.

Director, CCRI Multan, Dr. Zahid Mahmood said that employing modern technology was imperative for higher production of good quality cotton.

Abdur Rasheed Bhutto said that BCI programme was aimed at making cotton cultivation easy, cost effective and environment- friendly.

Heads of different wings of CCRI Multan including Dr. Naveed Afzal, Dr. Fayyaz Ahmad, Dr. Rabia Saeed, and Sajid Mahmood gave detailed briefing to participants on importance of soil analysis before sowing and applying fertilizers, treating seed with suitable pesticides for defence against initial attack by sucking pests, sowing of only registered seed varieties.

CCRI Multan director hailed the joint initiative of CCRI Multan and WWF experts saying that sharing each others' experiences would have a positive impact on cotton crop.

Sajid Mahmood said that each of the 50 WWF officials, after completion of training, would impart onward training to around 3000 farmers to help Pakistan cotton match the internationalstandards in quality and production volume.