Overview
Garlic:
Introduction, evaluation and popularization of machinery in collaboration with the AMRI office at Faisalabad, for farm operations in garlic crop production.
Ginger:
Identification and Evaluation of suitable ginger production area in districts Gujranwala, Sialkot, Narowal, Faisalabad and other suitable districts of Punjab.
Objectives
Garlic:
- Establishment of multiplication block at Vegetable Research Institute, Faisalabad
- Training of farmers for garlic crop management and use of imported and evaluated machinery.
- Capacity building Agriculture Extension Staff and Farmers in garlic production technology.
Ginger:
- Importing and evaluation of new gene pool for better production in the project area.
- Training of Farmers and Agriculture Extension Staff in ginger crop production technology including mitigation of problems in ginger crop handling
Outcomes
- Mechanization of cultural practices (sowing, weeding and harvesting) in garlic, hence reducing cost of production and increasing profitability of the crop.
- Production technology for successful cultivation of ginger in Punjab