PESHAWAR
On Farm Water Management Wing of Agriculture Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Thursday launched Water Courses Project to conserve water and to develop production of agriculture sector. The launching ceremony among others was attended by Director General On Farm Management, Javaid Iqbal, Director General Agriculture Extension, Jan Muhammad, Director General Research, Abdul Bari and Director Agriculture, Shams Khattak. Speaking on the occasion, Javail Iqbal said that water management courses project was aimed to conserve water keeping its utility and importance for human life and agriculture.
He said that under the project 13 water courses be fixed and added that it would decrease wastage of water and help reclamation of arid land.
He told that 80 percent of cost would be bear by provincial government while remaining 20 percent would be contributed by farmers. He said that it would not only increase production but would also strengthen economic conditions of farmers.
