Agri Scientists and Experts have observed that country can save billions of rupees by ensuring balanced usage of fertilizer that will also overcome decreasing soil fertility. It was discussed at a meeting of fertilizer model experts and soil fertility model held at University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) main library with Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Iqbal Zafar in the Chair.

Dr Iqbal Zafar said that imbalance usage was not only causing fertilizer wastage and but also a reason behind low productivity. He said that UAF fertilizer model had gained immense popularity among the farming community. It is aimed at enabling farmers getting desired yield of major crops according to soil analysis.

He said that through the model, we have disseminated the information among 3.5 million farmers through short message (SMS) so far. He said that in last four months, 30,000 farmers have benefited from the model that resulting in increasing the productivity and reducing the cost of production. He said we cannot apply fertilizer of Faisalabad Model at Multan region as the soil texture, fertility, and analysis is entirely different from each other.

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