Groundnut Genotypes for Arid Farming in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Pakistan being an agricultural country is facing chronic shortage of edible oils. The indigenous production doesn t meet the edible oil requirement of the country. Annually about Rs. 72 billion is spent on its import to fulfill the country requirement and now due to the mushrooming growth in population the requirement in increasing further. The edible oil stood second after petroleum bill in the total import. This gigantic drain on our hard-earned foreign exchange resources is a great challenge for agricultural scientists and all allied stalk holders. Among the conventional oil seed crops groundnut emerged a potential oil seed crop that can minimized the gap between production and consumption. The book in hand can furnish useful information for oils seed scientists and growers.

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Had Ph.D from Quaid-e-Azam Univ. Islamabad, join Agri. Res. KPK & now Asstt.Prof. at Agri. Deptt. Haripur Campus, Hazara Uni. have 52 res.papers, 35 books & approved 9 varieties.Dr. Nasrullah J. Malik, ex DG Agri. Res. worked on many positions & many publication.M.Idrees Khan SSO, PCCRI Multan have 40 res. papers & Ph.D scholar at BZ-Uni. Multan