A 14-member delegation of Asia Regional Course on breeding and other techniques for the development of heat-tolerant cotton mutants visited the University of Agriculture Faisalabad and called on UAF Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan. The delegation was led by NIAB Scientist Dr Manzoor Hussain. Talking to the delegation, the UAF Vice Chancellor

Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan said adaptive measures were prerequisite to sustain cotton productivity in the context of climate change. He said that setback to cotton production last year had caused loss worth billions of rupees to the national economy. He said that the University has introduced the new variety of cotton named Punjab 896 which is heat tolerant. He said that UAF was conducting various researches on cotton to increase the yield in every condition. We are disseminating the modern methods to framers that will enable them to get better production. He urged the scientists to help farmer and serve the community that will help increase the productivity and alleviate the poverty. Dr Manzoor Hussain said that the training was meant for capacity building of the participants and to get benefit from each other experiences.