Hybrid wheat successfully harvested in Pakistan: Global Times

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Hybrid wheat successfully harvested in Pakistan: Global Times

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In different areas across the country, hybrid wheat from China has been successfully grown and is likely to be introduced in other Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries as well. China’s biggest agricultural inputs company, Sinochem Group Agriculture Division’s Song Weibo told the Global Times on Tuesday that the company’s hybrid wheat has been harvested

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Hybrid wheat successfully harvested in Pakistan: Global Times
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August 21, 2018

In different areas across the country, hybrid wheat from China has been successfully grown and is likely to be introduced in other Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries as well.

China’s biggest agricultural inputs company, Sinochem Group Agriculture Division’s Song Weibo told the Global Times on Tuesday that the company’s hybrid wheat has been harvested on a large scale in Pakistan using the two-line hybrid technique.

According to Song, the company is also looking to promote hybrid wheat in North America and Europe.

Citing data from the University of Agriculture in Peshawar, an expert from the Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (BAAFS) said that Pakistan has increased wheat production in the north by 50.1 per cent in the last two years.

According to data from Pakistan-based Guard Agricultural Research and Services Company shows that during the same period, wheat production in the country’s middle regions has increased by 45 per cent.

Analysts hailed the project as an example of China’s commitment to transfer advanced technologies and promote regional development in the framework of the BRI

China is promoting domestically developed hybrid wheat for commercial purposes. The two-line hybrid technique is often used in hybrid rice and wheat and can increase wheat production by 20 per cent.

Hybrid wheat, which was developed by BAAFS’ Engineering Research Center for Hybrid Wheat in 1992 has been proven to outperform standard wheat in terms of yield, water usage and resistance to disease.

Song said Sinochem has sent many experts to Pakistan to teach local farmers how to plant the wheat. “Around 150 experts have been sent to Pakistan, where they visited over 20 cities,” Song said.

University of Agriculture Peshawar’s professor Muhammad Arif said that no one has achieved China’s level of success in hybrid wheat, although the world has been studying hybrid it.

With the help from Chinese experts, the technique could yield around 6,000 kg’s per hectare, twice that of local wheat production, Arif said, adding it could free up land for other agriculture products.

Shanghai Institute for the International Studies Center for Asia-Pacific Studies Director, Zhao Gancheng said the project could help Pakistan ensure food security and also promote China-Pakistan ties.

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[Menace2Society]

Is this GMO?

 

[ScreamLikeMe]

You guys are doomed. The hybrid wheat is good in quantity but you can't use the seed to sow and produce again. The indigenous wheat of Pakistan was of best quality. I am a student of geography so I have read about vegitation and agricultural practices.

 

[war&peace]

This is crap...our own what is the best..

 

[Indus Pakistan]

This is crap...our own what is the best..

Non of it is 'our own'. Since the British arrived in 1849 almost everything has been introduced from abroad. To begin with we had the British begin the irrigation projects which transformed large parts of Indus Basin into green fields when it had mostly been semi-arid desert. Then places like Faisalabad Agriculture Institute began work on new seed cultivars which of course increased production of crops. The process was not static. After independence revolution in agriculture continued, By 1960s Americans had taken the lead and in Ayub's time Pakistan went through the 'green revolution' when new hybrids were introduced under US programmes. And today that continous process to improve and keep abreast of the latest technology continues. Only now it is the Chinese taking the lead.

If we want 'our own' we would need to go back to the time of Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Empire. And if we did Pakistan would starve.

 

[war&peace]

Non of it is 'our own'. Since the British arrived in 1849 almost everything has been introduced from abroad. To begin with we had the British begin the irrigation projects which transformed large parts of Indus Basin into green fields when it had mostly been semi-arid desert. Then places like Faisalabad Agriculture Institute began work on new seed cultivars which of course increased production of crops. The process was not static. After independence revolution in agriculture continued, By 1960s Americans had taken the lead and in Ayub's time Pakistan went through the 'green revolution' when new hybrids were introduced under US programmes. And today that continous process to improve and keep abreast of the latest technology continues. Only now it is the Chinese taking the lead.

If we want 'our own' we would need to go back to the time of Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Empire. And if we did Pakistan would starve.

You couldn't be more wrong than this... British did not bring wheat with them rather they came after it as India was known as the granary of the world.

 

[AMG_12]

This is crap...our own what is the best..

You don't have research, you're growing wheat varieties from the 90s with a very low yield/hectre. Imran Khan stressed on this particularly in his speech. We do have the facilities for agricultural research but not the skilled labor to do that. What do you know of Pakistani wheat? It's a very good initiative. You should also know that agricultural barons in Pakistan have been growing imported varieties of wheat, rice, cotton and sugarcane over the years.

 

[Dubious]

Is this GMO?

I am not sure actually, if it is commercial and is patented I wont be able to get info on it...They have not given the name of the accession or anything so cant even search it up...Just that we got successful growth of wheat!

 

[Dubious]

You guys are doomed. The hybrid wheat is good in quantity but you can't use the seed to sow and produce again. The indigenous wheat of Pakistan was of best quality. I am a student of geography so I have read about vegitation and agricultural practices.

Yes, indigenous wheat is the best however, hybrid wheat isnt always GMO, it can be crossed naturally and form a hybrid. In my opinion this could be indigenous wheat crossed with its ancestor to increase certain traits beneficial to man that the ancestor wheat had...I know a few research groups that were doing this...

 

[war&peace]

You don't have research, you're growing wheat varieties from the 90s with a very low yield/hectre. Imran Khan stressed on this particularly in his speech. We do have the facilities for agricultural research but not the skilled labor to do that. What do you know of Pakistani wheat? It's a very good initiative. You should also know that agricultural barons in Pakistan have been growing imported varieties of wheat, rice, cotton and sugarcane over the years.

Imran Khan said about research but he did not say importing GMO crap. Fiurthermore, what he meant was the use of technology and use of modern irrigation systems that save water like drip-irrigation system instead of flooding the crop with water which goes wasted and creates artificial water scarcity. Here in Sweden, organic and natural food is a big thing and we pay premium to get it. Pakistan can focus on growing and exporting organic food that will fetch a lot more buck per kilo than unorganic food. The area we need to focus is the storage and availability of high quality seed, mechanised cultivation, water and energy-saving technologies, advanced techniques for harvesting and storage of the crops and cold storage and packaging for degrade-able produce like vegetable and fruits. These factors will not only increase the produce and also ensure higher quality. Imran Khan was more concerned about the stunted growth and he won't be interested in feeding crap to the nation and let a few baron fill their coffers by selling poison.

 

[Dubious]

Non of it is 'our own'. Since the British arrived in 1849 almost everything has been introduced from abroad. To begin with we had the British begin the irrigation projects which transformed large parts of Indus Basin into green fields when it had mostly been semi-arid desert. Then places like Faisalabad Agriculture Institute began work on new seed cultivars which of course increased production of crops. The process was not static. After independence revolution in agriculture continued, By 1960s Americans had taken the lead and in Ayub's time Pakistan went through the 'green revolution' when new hybrids were introduced under US programmes. And today that continous process to improve and keep abreast of the latest technology continues. Only now it is the Chinese taking the lead.

If we want 'our own' we would need to go back to the time of Ranjit Singh and the Sikh Empire. And if we did Pakistan would starve.

Well it depends....There are indigenous varieties in Pakistan, just that many might not be using it...The British didnt just magically introduce seeds and stuff they took our seeds and bred them with seeds from other countries. I would know coz I worked on such stuff...

It isnt so easy....the problem is that in the olden days farmers used to cross breed naturally what they liked or produce that gave the best quality...But when all this green revolution and slave mentality began, people rely heavily on seeds, fertilizer and whatnot...All the self experimenting vanished...this caused the gene pool to narrow down. When the gene pool narrows, it is always dangerous because this means there isnt new genes that can adapt easily to the dynamic weather and stuff....

Long story short, indigenous is the best however with changing weather we need so new breeds...If tis hybrid is natural crossing with the ancestor (hence hybrid) then it is good news because that is what most scientists are doing now a days...going back to the ancestor to broaden the gene pool and the best way is to use the same species (ancestral wheat is same species)

 

[Indus Pakistan]

India was known as the granary of the world.

No. Before I answer rest of your uninformed post how could the freakin world know the "granary of the world" when there was no such thing as India.

Who you been listening to? That Hindu faggot Shashi Tharoor?

 

[Dubious]

You couldn't be more wrong than this... British did not bring wheat with them rather they came after it as India was known as the granary of the world.

When British arrived they didnt...but after few 100s of years, they had taken some seeds back (most is still stored...some since 1960s) and they had experimented with these seeds for their environment and grown on their land and so on....and then when Pakistan needed it they sold back our seeds (modified through breeding for their environment) back to us...

 

[Dubious]

You don't have research, you're growing wheat varieties from the 90s with a very low yield/hectre. Imran Khan stressed on this particularly in his speech. We do have the facilities for agricultural research but not the skilled labor to do that. What do you know of Pakistani wheat? It's a very good initiative. You should also know that agricultural barons in Pakistan have been growing imported varieties of wheat, rice, cotton and sugarcane over the years.

We have facilities, we just dont have talent...New technology and talent isnt welcomed in Pakistani research due to the mafia sitting there and just receiving pay while doing minimum work