A two days (June 23-24, 2021) international seminar on "Recent Challenges & Prospects of Horticulture in Pakistan" held at PMAS-AAUR. Department of Horticulture organized the seminar with the objectives to develop an insight on advances in horticulture research and to assess the challenges for horticulture industry in post-covid situations. Prof. Dr Shahid Mehmood Baig, Chairman .... read more

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Food Security Jamshed Iqbal Cheema on June 22, 2021 said the PM's Agriculture Transformation Plan was a revolutionary initiative which aimed at taking conventional agriculture to the level of commercial agriculture. Addressing a seminar on 'Prime's Minister Agriculture Transformation Plan: Targets and the Way Forward' held at Pir Mehr Ali .... read more

A five days first scientific training on "Phenotypic Characterization of Livestock Breeds of Pakistan" for Animal Breeding and Genetics Faculty/Researchers commenced at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR), on June 21, 2021. The training is organized by the PMAS-AAUR National Center for Livestock Breeding Genetics &Genomics with the objectives to bu .... read more

A Kitchen Lab for the students of Aird Literacy School was inaugurated at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR), on June 17, 2021. The purpose of this kitchen lab is to ensure the provision of food on a daily basis to the poor students studying in the Aird Literacy School. This will also help to improve both the physical and nutritional develop .... read more

Dr Abid Mahmood, Chief executive officer (CEO) Punjab Agriculture Research Board (PARB) visited Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR), on June 16, 2021 to inspect PARB funded Project "Evaluation and introduction of some exotic kiwi cultivars". The project was aimed to climatise kiwi plants according to the Potohar region which can be highly valua .... read more

A three days (June 7-9, 2021), training workshop on "Integrated Disease Management" commenced at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS AAUR), on June 7, 2021. The workshop was organized by the Department of Plant Pathology of PMAS-AAUR in collaboration with Pakistan Phytopathological Society and Pakistan Society of Nematologists. The core objective of thi .... read more

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University (PMAS-AAUR) on June 3, 2021 signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two private companies Harmony Group of Companies and Unique Value Pvt. Ltd. Through these MoUs organizations will cooperate for professional education, skills enhancement, product development, entrepreneurship, research, innovation and commercialization incl .... read more

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) has officially become a member of Agricultural Associated Universities Alliance (AAUA) of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) partner states. The Alliance of Agricultural Associated Universities of SCO states was initiated during an online meeting that was attended by heads of agricultural universities o .... read more

Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition(GAIN), Geneva, Switzerland signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on May 27, 2021, with an aim to Develop a Sub-National dashboard for urban food systems of Rawalpindi City. Prof. Dr.Qamar Zaman Vice Chancellor PMAS-AAUR and Ms. Farrah Naz Country Director GAIN signe .... read more

To promote agriculture entrepreneurship and capacity building, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), on April 27, 2021. The purpose and objectives of this MoU is to promote cooperation in the area of academic and capacity building of human resource activities for ent .... read more