Following are the research activities performed at Barani Agricultural Research Institute, Chakwal
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Collection, maintenance, characterization and evaluation of germplasm of rainfed field crops for utilization in hybridization programs
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Development of high yielding, drought tolerant and disease resistant crop varieties of cereals (wheat), legumes (chickpea, lentil, mung and mash), oilseeds (brassica), fodder (sorghum and millets etc)
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Identification and propagation of suitable cultivars of peach, apricot, grapes, citrus, olive, pomegranate, plum, almond and apple for different agro-ecological zones of Punjab
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Hybridization of cut flowers (Ranunculus) for high value hybrid varieties
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Research co-ordination with national (NARC, PARC) and international (CIMMYT, ICARDA, USDA) research organizations to evaluate / screen the advanced breeding lines
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Development/standardization of production technologies of different field crops and vegetables
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Standardization of production technologies of off-season vegetables in plastic tunnels, especially tomato, cucumber and bitter gourd
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Propagation and distribution of true to type fruit nursery plants to the farming community for the establishment of orchards
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Value addition of different vegetables and fruits
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Establishment of multiplication and high density blocks of olive, citrus and grape at the institute and farmers field as well
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Introducing efficient irrigation system (drip/bubbler) for various row cropsand for orchard plants for the purpose of water saving in comparison flood irrigation
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Production of breeder’s nucleus seed, pre-basic, basic and certified seeds of approved varieties for supply todifferent stake holders of public and private sectors
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Dissemination of newly developed advanced technologies through audio (radio talks), video (TV programs), printed materials (brochures and pamphlets), electronic media (CDs & Web)and farmer days