Speaking at one-day seminar on chillies crop at union council hall Kunri, the Secretary also ordered immediate shifting of Chillies Research Station at Mirpurkhas to Kunri for accelerating research work on the crop.
He announced that special storage would be constructed for this commodity at Kunri, cost of which would equally be borne by the Sindh and Federal government. He further announced that drying trays would be introduced for which 70 percent cost would be given by the Sindh Government and 30 percent by the chilly growers benefiting from this facility.
He advised the growers to dry their chillies produce on trays properly during night. Local experts, progressive growers, traders and exporters would be trained in modern techniques to be adopted from sowing to export of chillies. Services of foreign experts would be obtained in this regard, he added.
The seminar was also addressed by Dr Qadir Bux Baloch Agriculture Development Commissioner MINFAL, Islamabad, Dr Ajmul Hussain of Pakistan Export Development and Export, Board, Director General Research Dr Haji Khan Keerio, Dr Asad Saeed of National Food Quality Research and Development Board Islamabad and growers representatives.