Director General Agriculture Punjab (Research) Dr Abid Mahmood has claimed that the department is working on developing new varieties of different crops having resistance against climate change.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Dr Abid further informed that they were working on developing such a wheat variety which would have more iron and vitamin to remove deficiencies of these elements. He said 25 research institutes were working in the province day and night to ensure delivery of these new varieties even to small growers at the earliest.
He said a technology had also been developed by these institutes to use no water in sowing of rice which would not only save water but also the electricity used to pump out water through one million tube wells situated in the province.