Pakistan
June 3, 2014

Source: Reported by Federal Seed Certification Registration Department via PABIC

On Sunday, 1st June 2014, at Ministry of Textile Industry, Federal Seed Certification Registration Department revealed that they are corroborating availability of quality cotton seed and has certified 17,791.25 MT seed to intensify yield.

Around 40,000 MT cotton seeds are required however; this certification was 44.48 percent of total seed requirement.

Sources further elaborated that National Bio-safety Committee (NBC), Ministry of Climate Change; Islamabad also cleared 28 Bt varieties of cotton seed for commercialization.

Website: http://www.pabic.com.pk

Published: June 3, 2014