FAISALABAD: Chief Scientist Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI) Dr Muhammad Akhtar stressed
the need for adopting post-harvest management strategy as it could help in saving grains
of Rs1.3 billion dollars per annum in Pakistan.
Addressing a seminar on use of the latest hermetic technology, he said technology was
developed in Philippine and Mexico which was helpful in preserving and protecting grains
from mites and rodents without using poisonous pills.
He said an awareness about agriculture practices was imperative to narrow down the gap between
progressive and ordinary farmers.
Earlier, a company also arranged an exhibition in which various commodities were
displayed to show difference in the preservation through hermetic technology
and manual technique.