'Mechanisation key to food security amid shrinking farmland'

'Mechanisation key to food security amid shrinking farmland'

Amid shrinking agricultural land, low per-acre productivity and rising food security concerns, the promotion of farm mechanisation and adoption of modern agricultural practices have become imperative to feed Pakistan's rapidly growing population, former Punjab Livestock Minister Mumtaz Khan Manais said on Sunday. He was speaking to a delegation of experts from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF), led by Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Zulfiqa…