PESHAWAR: Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) in collaboration with Pakistan Oilseed Development Board (PODB) organized a one-day training workshop on agricultural farming in Karak, said a press release issued here on Friday. The workshop organized under National Business Development Programme (NBDP) of SMEDA was aimed to motivate people to invest in fruit orchards compatible to the environment of southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as well as having value chain development potential. The session was especially organized on the request of private schools of the district Karak. Majority of the participants were school owners having abundant agricultural land. Coordinator NBDP, Firdous gave detailed briefing to the participants about the project while Dr. Azmat Awan (Senior Officer PODB) and Shahsawar Khan (an agricultural expert) in the presentation highlighted farming and processing potential of dates, figs and grapes. APP
