PESHAWAR
\nVarious areas in Pakistan and especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are suitable for tea cultivation, which have identified a GIS-based survey.
\nThis was told during a meeting of the Special Assistant to KP CM on Industries, Commerce and Technical Education Abdul Karim Tordher with Farrukh Toirov, Provincial Head and Deputy Country Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a subsidiary agency of United Nations here at Agricultural University Peshawar on Wednesday.
\nDuring meeting, the Special Assistant was briefed regarding the possibilities of tea cultivation and a comprehensive study conducted in this regard.
\nBesides, Director Business Development, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade (KPBoIT), Iqbal Sarwar, Manager Tourism Gul Muhammad was also present on this occasion.
\nThey were told that Pakistan is the largest importer of tea in the world and imports 252,000 tons of tea every year and by the year 2031, the demand will increase to 317,000 tons.
\nAccording to the ground facts 271,406 acres of land could be purely utilized for tea cultivation of which most of the suitable locations are located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
\nThese suitable areas include Mansehra, Dir Upper, Dir Lower, Swat, Shangla, Kohistan Upper, Kohistan Lowe Kolai Palas, Batagram, Torghar, Abbottabad, Buner, Haripur, Malakand and Mardan. The utilization of the identified areas has potential to produce 190,000 tons of tea annually, which is 75% of the current requirement of the country.
\nSpeaking on the occasion, the Special Assistant termed the Special Assistant the technical study conducted by the international organization as very useful and beneficial, saying their priority is to develop this sector under the business model.
\nThe Special Assistant said that on behalf of the provincial government they will make efforts to practically use this study. He said that we will talk to the agriculture authorities to take effective measures in this regard.
\nHe added that similar comprehensive and technical study by the international organization will also be very useful for trout fish breeding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR Various areas in Pakistan and especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are suitable for tea cultivation, which have identified a GIS-based survey. This was told during a meeting of the Special Assistant to KP CM on Industries, Commerce and Technical Education Abdul Karim Tordher with Farrukh Toirov, Provincial Head and Deputy Country Representative of the Food […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-416263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n