ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research (NFS&R), Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan on Monday stressed the need to update traditional and in-efficient irrigation methods to efficiently use water and increase agriculture productivity in the country. Addressing the scientists, engineers, technologists and extension experts on the occasion of inaugural session of a two day international workshop on “Watershed Rehabilitation and Irrigation Improvement in Pakistan”, he said that water is critical input for sustained agricultural productivity, economic development and environmental protection.

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