Research Activities

Following are the research activities of the institute:

On-Going

  • Development of fertilizer recommendations for various crops under various agro ecological zones through experiments at farmer fields
  • Experiments on improvement and maintenance of soil health through compost, manures, green manures etc.
  • Testing of new (fertilizer) products in the field
  • Provision of Soil, water, fertilizer and plant testing advisory service
  • Regulatory role on registration of new fertilizer products
  • Control of Citrus decline, citrus canker and citrus scab through micronutrient application technology
  • Field Trials on biofortification of Zn and Fe in Wheat and rice crops
  • Experiments on burnt and unburnt crop residues on physio-chemical and biological changes in soil
  • Analysis of 28 million soil samples under ADP project “Extension Services 2.0”

Activity Name: Fertilizer Research Trials on Farmer’s fields. Kharif 2019 trials are in progress in field

Name of team members performing activity

  • Dr. Zafar Abbas, ASFO, Bahawalpur
  • Muhammad Zahid Khan Nazar, Agri. Officer (Field) Bahawalnagar
  • Naimat Ali Field Assistant Circle Kot Samaba, Distt. R.Y.Khan
  • Muhammad Idrees Ali Field Assistant Circle Hasilpur, Distt. Bahawalpur
  • AsgharAli Field Assistant Circle Bakhshan Khan, Distt. Bahawalnagar
  • Muhammad Sajid Iqbal Field Assistant Circle Haroonabad, Distt. Bahawalnagar
  • Muhammad Ayub-I, Field Assistant Circle Yateemwali, Distt. Bahawalnagar
  • Muhammad Ayub-2, Field Assistant Circle. Bahawalnagar
  • Tariq Mahmood, Field Assistant Circle Chishtian Distt. Bahawalnagar
  • Muhammad Ashraf Shad, Field Assistant Circle Fortabbas, Distt. Bahawalnagar
  • Khalil Ahmad, Field Assistant Circle Dahranwala, Distt. Bahawalnagar

 

 

Activity Name: Fertilizer Research Trials on Farmer’s fields.  Kharif 2019 trials are in progress in field

Name of team members performing activity

  • Mr.Muhammad Akram Assistant soil Fertility Officer, Multan
  • Muhammad Aslam, Agri. Officer (Field) Multan
  • Muhammad Saleem Bhatti, Agri.Officer (Field) Vehari
  • Abdul Rauf, Agri.Officer (Field) D.G.Khan
  • Nafeesa Muslim Agri.Officer (Field) Sahiwal
  • Waheed ur Rehman,Field Assistant Multan
  • Mushtaq Ali,Field Assistant Abdul Hakeem
  • Muhammad Munir,Field Assistant Kabir wala
  • Wilayat Ali Dogar, Field Assistant Kasowal
  • Tahir Abrar, Field Assistant Harappa
  • Dur Hussain, Field Assistant Sahiwal
  • Riasat Ali, Field Assistant Pakpattan
  • Liaqat Ali , Field Assistant Kot Addu
  • Abdul Majeed, Field Assistant Chowk Sarwar Shaheed

 

Activity Name: On-Farm research on various crops for their nutrient requirements and development of fertilizer recommendation for different cropping system

Name of team members performing activity: Kouser Majeed Malik and Sher Afzal Agricultural Officers (Field) at Rawalpindi and Attock district level and field assistants: Muhammad Amjad (Txila), Muhammad Akram (Rwp), Abdul Ghaffar (Hazro), Mansha javaid (Mandibahudin), Muhammad Amir (Lalamusa) at their tehsil levels.

 

 

Completed Research Activities

  • Developed authentic inventory of 0.500 million running tube-wells for Assessing tube-well water quality to provide data-base for policy makers, planners and researchers
  • Micronutrient indexing of the target fruit orchards by sampling and analysing plant charts at recommended growth stages and associated soils.
  • Development of Spatial database for soil-climate suitability for crops vegetables and fruits at an enterprise level GIS system for soil and water through Development of web portal for information sharing for agricultural community researcher’s extension workers, farming community, decision and policy makers.
  • Established the analysis of disputed fertilizer samples referred to the lab to coordinate with National and International fertilizer analytical labs of private and public sector.

Activity Name: To Explore the Best Np Ratio for Wheat Inperspective Of Present Farmer Budget for Fertilizer (Concluded) PLAN - 64

Name of team members performing activity

  • Naimat Ali Field Assistant Circle Kot Samaba, Distt. R.Y.Khan
  • Liaqat Ali Field Assistant Circle Faqeerwali, Distt. Bahawalnagar

 

Activity Name: Nutrients Management in Relation To Disease Control in Citrus Plan - 95

Name of team members performing activity

  • Nafeesa Muslim Agri. Officer (Field) Sahiwal
  • Dur Hussain Field Assistant Sahiwal

Activity Name: Nutritional studies on macro and micro elements and On-Farm research on various crops for their nutrient requirements and development of fertilizer recommendation for different cropping system

Name of team members performing activity: Shahid Yaqub Naz (EX- ASFO, Rawalpindi), Kouser Majeed Malik and Sher Afzal Agricultural Officers (Field) at their district levels and field assistants Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad Akram, Abdul Ghaffar, Mansha javaid, Muhammad Amir at their tehsil levels.