Pakistan
December 27, 2012

Vice Chairman of Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) Samee Ullah has appreciated that the cultivation of hybrid rice has been increasing the per-acre-yield of rice in the Pakistan.

Currently, hybrid rice is cultivated on an area of approximately 500,000 acres in the country.

In Sindh, hybrid rice is cultivated in Larkana, Jacobabad, Kandhkot, Shikarpur, Thal, Kashmore, Badin, Tando Muhammad Khan, Golarchi, Sajawal and Thatta etc, in Balochistan, hybrid rice is cultivated in the vast areas of Jafferabad, Nasirabad and Usta Muhammad etc, while in Punjab it is being cultivated in the areas of Multan, Sadiqabad, Rahim Yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bhawalpur etc.

The reason for the popularity of hybrid rice among the farmers is that an average yield of around 80 maunds per acre is usually achieved by them and in some cases, progressive growers even achieve as high as 110 to 120 maunds per acre, Samee claimed.

In Pakistan the national yield per hectare of rice is still 2.387 mt/ha, which is one of the lowest in the world, Samee added.

He also that maintained, IRRI-6 of Philippines introduced in the country some more than 40 years ago, the variety had now almost been degenerated.

For More: http://www.brecorder.com/agriculture-a-allied/183:pakistan/1269636:reap-hails-cultivation-of-hybrid-rice/?date=2012-12-19

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Published: December 27, 2012