Parachute technology of rice, introduced for bringing revolutionary changes in per acre yield of rice crop, has won the confidence of rice growers due to its positive results in Sialkot district.
Official sources told Business Recorder here on Sunday that the technology was obtained from China for putting the agriculture sector on modern lines for increasing the output of rice crop. Under parachute technology, special trays were used for sowing paddy nursery after definite period the plants shifted to the fields under a specific method of the technology.
In Sialkot district, the rice growers had adopted the parachute technology for attaining maximum output of the crop and by virtue of the technology the growers had attained the encouraging results. The overall impact of the adopted technology would be positive and rice growers would require results by opting the parachute technology in the Sialkot district. The parachute technology of rice was introduced in 226 union councils of Sialkot, Gujranwala and Hafizabad districts, sources revealed.