Visit to Pakistan Agriculture Research Council

Team Food insecurity and Malnutrition visited PARC :Climate, Energy and water research Institute and had a brief meeting with *PSO/Director CAEWRI who is a professional hydrologist with a 25 years of experience in research,academia and consultancy services.Currently he is serving as Director Climate Energy &Water Research Institute in Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC).

We had a great meeting with Dr.Bashir Ahmad .He briefly explained us that Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), is an apex agricultural research organization which is responsible for National capacity building for production . The council has aspired to modernize its research agenda to meet the emerging challenges of agricultural sector of the country.

He also make us learn about the modern technology of irrigating the crops that is “Drip irrigation system” adopted from the drip irrigation company of Dubai.

He also gave highlights of his 15 -national as well as 10-international projects ,he also shared alot of successful stories of testing new technologies at selected Farmer fields of NARC and other research centers all over the country i.e Gilgit ( Skardu) , Balochistan (Thar),Bahawalpur ,Karachi and DI Khan research center.

It was really an informative session for me and my team. He highly appreciated our work and applauded the supervision of *Dr.Athar Rashid* . Moreover he well acknowledged our efforts for this project . Overall it was a new experience and another fruitful visit for team Food insecurity and Malnutrition.