The project, according to the ambassador, is intended to help farmers produce more food with less fertiliser, which should increase farm incomes while preserving soil resources.
Donald Blome, the US ambassador to Pakistan, announced on Tuesday the launch of the “Fertilizer Right” project, a $4.5 million initiative to support Pakistani farmers in improving fertiliser use efficiency over the course of four years.
The envoy revealed this while meeting with Ghulam Muhammad Ali of the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) at the National Agriculture Research Center (NARC) according to the press release from the US embassy in Pakistan.
Simply put, farmers need fertilisers to grow crops, the ambassador said. Innovative and effective fertiliser practises can increase crop yield, reduce nitrous oxide emissions, and relieve pressure on fertiliser supplies. Making this fertiliser project a success will require collaboration with PARC and NARC, which the US government is looking forward to.
According to him, the “Fertilizer Right” project is a component of the US-Pakistan “Green Alliance” framework, which aids both nations in working together to address upcoming climate, environmental, and economic challenges.
He stated that collaborating to reduce carbon emissions that cause climate change and working together to overcome the difficulties that agriculture faces due to climate change are two of the “Green Alliance’s” top priorities.
The project, according to the ambassador, is intended to help farmers produce more food with less fertiliser, which should increase farm incomes while preserving soil resources. Through joint research and technical assistance, the United States remains steadfastly committed to working in partnership with the people of Pakistan to strengthen Pakistan’s economy and agricultural sector, he added.
NARC’s establishment began in 1975, but the organisation’s official cornerstone was laid in March 1980. In March 1984, the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan officially opened and chartered the Center.
The Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC premier )’s federal research facility, the PARC-National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), was founded in Islamabad in 1984. NARC, with a total land area of roughly 1396 acres, is situated six kilometres to the southeast of Islamabad, close to Rawal Lake.
At NARC, there are also physical facilities such as experimental fields, labs, green houses, gene banks, national insect museums, national herbariums, libraries/documentation, auditoriums, workshops for repairing machinery and lab equipment, stores, hostels, cafeterias, and audiovisual studios.