Cell phones can improve agriculture apparently

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Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Dr Muhammad Yaseen has said that farmers’ access to relevant information and adoption of ICT and telecom value added services by rural community can bring revolution in the agriculture production.
Chairman PTA stated while addressing the participants of a workshop on “What Can Telecommunications Do for Agriculture” which was organized in collaboration with LIRNEasia, a regional ICT Policy Think Tank, based in Sri Lanka. The main theme of this joint initiative of PTA and LIRNEasia was to share international experiences and research with Pakistan, and to learn from successful telecom-agriculture models and improving agriculture productivity through increased usage of ICT. Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammed Yaseen said that Agriculture is the backbone of Pakistan’s economy as it accounts for 21% of national income, employs 45% of the country’s total workforce and provides livelihood to 60% of our rural community. Similarly, Pakistan telecom sector is considered as an exemplary growth model around the globe and our agriculture sector can also be a model by adopting telecom and getting its benefits.

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  1. only cell phones can not bring revolution in agriculture sector. we should arrange free seminar for farmers and give awareness regarding to pest attack,procedures to get good yields and about morden mechanization and implements.govt should pay attention on agricultural sector and industrial sector.these both sectors ca are responsible for GDP of the country.

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