PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Department of Agriculture Research is pursuing an ambitious plan to increase olive production in the province and its tribal districts in collaboration with the federal government. If the area is brought under cultivation, Pakistan will be in a position to export olive oil, officials added. Project Director Ahmed Syed told Pakistan Today that demand for olive cultivation in KP is on the rise. Currently, the crop is being cultivated in Dir, Swat, Abbottabad and Nowshera, which can bring us 6,000 litres of olive oil, he added. The survey will now be conducted next year along with training for landowners through an awareness campaign on olive cultivation, he added.

Source: Pakistan Today April 24, 2020 17:59 UTC