Empowering smallholder farmers in Punjab to ‘sow the seeds’ of better potato production
The Punjab province of Pakistan is one of the most important growing districts with over 95% of potato production originating from here. The crop is significantly valuable as a commodity for both farmers and consumers.
Changing minds, empowering farmers: literacy trainings conducted in Sheikhupura, Pakistan
Under the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded project ‘Enhancing Technology-Based Agriculture and Marketing in Rural Punjab,’ staff from CABI’s centre in Pakistan have delivered a series of literacy trainings aimed at helping farmers reap better crops.
‘Sowing the seeds’ of better potato production in the Punjab
The ‘Capacity building of small-scale potato growers in Punjab, Pakistan’ project – led by CABI and funded by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) – is already ‘sowing the seeds’ of success for hundreds growing one of the province’s key crops.