The Eighth National Kitchen Garden Festival was arranged at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad meant to create awareness about kitchen gardening among the people.
The University of Agriculture Faisalabad food scientists developed a multigrain titled maxgrain flour to cope with gigantic malnutrition that is hitting more than 50 percent of population.
The University of Agriculture Faisalabad in collaboration with the Pakistan Scientific and Technological Information Center (PASTIC) staged a one-day exhibition on Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and Information Technology exhibition.
Nineteen female students of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad were awarded scholarships under Pakistan Scottish Scholarship Scheme funded by British Council to continue their studies at UAF.
Punjab Agriculture Minister Malik Nauman Ahmad Langrial said that the government was committed to uplift agriculture sector and address the problems of farming community.
It is the need of the hour to link up our youth with rich literature as no nation can be worthy of its existence which does not give weight-age to its culture, said University of Agriculture Faisalabad Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Ashraf.
The University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) has revamped its Estate Management Department to make it more efficient and to turn the campus best greenish campus in the country. Vice chancellor Dr Muhammad Ashraf addressed the staff of Estate Management Department.
The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) and Engro Fertilizers Limited inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of an “Integrated E-learning system for Agricultural Technology Transfer by Using Hybrid Approach” – a project being funded by Higher Education Commission (HEC) through its Technology Development Fund (TDF).
The MoU was duly signed by the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Ashraf and Engro Fertilizers Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Amir Iqbal. It was also agreed upon to conduct joint field trials to develop agronomic recommendations and to further use that information in developing informative literature and videos for the farmers. They would also jointly organize workshops, seminars, training and conferences to seek feedback from the stakeholders and for their capacity building and developing a broader understanding of the project interventions.
They would engage farmers in the field activities and for working on developing community centers in the villages in collaboration with the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, as per the project objectives of the Higher Education Commission’s Technology Development Fund.
HEC Technology Development Fund is provided in the following areas; Telecommunication, Information and Technology / Computers (applications in Govt. services, health, textile, agriculture & dairy etc.), Engineering Sciences, Micro Electronics, Water, Power, Energy and Fleet Management, Biotechnology and Allied fields (in Health, Agriculture, Textile, Leather & Dairy etc.), Material Sciences / Man Made Material (Nanotechnology), Robotics, Defense and Military needs, or any other applied discipline which is inductive or conducive to success of products developed or upscale the process of Industrial level manufacturing.
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The Confucius Institute – University of Agriculture Faisalabad (CIUAF) arranged one-day Ni Hao China Cultural Corridor in which students presented the arts works including Chinese painting, calligraphy and paper cutting exhibition.
German Ambassador to Pakistan Bernhard Schlagheck said that Pakistan and Germany ties in academy, research and agriculture sector would be further fostered to get benefit from each other experiences. He called on University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) vice chancellor Dr Muhammad Ashraf and addressed the deans and directors at the meeting room.