HEC scholar Nazir Ahmad Khan has completed his PhD in Veterinary Sciences from the Wageningen University, in the Netherlands. He was selected under the programme ‘Overseas Scholarships for MS/MPhil leading to PhD in Selected Fields’.
After returning to Pakistan, he joined the KPK Agricultural University in Peshawar, as an assistant professor. Dr Nazir researched the possibilities of increasing the percentage of unsaturated fats in milk. According to a press release, he measured the fatty acid composition of grass and maize, before and after silaging and the composition of milk.
“The greener the grass and maize, the more unsaturated fats they contain, which end up in the milk.
Farmers who silage their fodder should stop harvesting their grass at a late growth stage and should not let the grass dry for too long, because the healthy fatty acids oxidise during the drying process. “Maize, intended to be used as fodder, should also be harvested earlier. Farmers should also choose the maize varieties that stay green for a longer period of time,” he said.
