Bahawalpur, July 02, 2022 (PPI-OT):The Department of Horticultural Sciences, FA and E, IUB has established a certified plant nursery which was certified by the Federal Seed Certification Department after fulfillment of several technical and critical requirements of the certification body. This nursery is first of it’s kind, established in Bahawalpur region which currently has the capacity to produce around 10 thousand plants, and the Department of Horticultural Sciences intends to expand its capacity to 100 thousands during next two years. This nursery will provide appropriately propagated and certified fruit, vegetable and ornamental plants to the farming and general community on lowest possible prices with the intention of increasing green matrix, food and nutritional security, farmer income and employment.
This initiative will also provide the students with hands-on learning opportunities for commercial nursery operations and entrepreneurship. Moreover, certain training workshops for farmers and the general community regarding nursery operations will also be conducted along the due course. The sales of sanitized, appropriately propagated and tagged fruit plants including mango, citrus, guava, jamun, fig will commence during 2023. We are thankful to the Worthy Vice Chancellor Engr. Prof. Dr. Athar Mahboob (T.I.) for facilitating such initiatives and believing in R and D and capacity building of students, university employees, local community and farmers.
For more information, contact:
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB)
University Chowk, Gulshan Colony, Bahawalpur,
Punjab – 63100, Pakistan
Tel: +92-62-9250235
Fax: +92-62-9250335
E-mail: info@iub.edu.pk
Website: https://www.iub.edu.pk/