13/11/2024
9th Annual "National Peanut Festival"
The festival had been organised jointly by the Groundnut Research Station, Attock, Barani Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Agri Tourism Development Corporation of Pakistan, Ghazi Barotha Taraqiati Idara (GBTI) and the National Rural Support Programme. The festival was organised to effectively exhibit the knowledge, practices and successful experiments of farmers, researchers, scientists, marketers and all other stakeholders involved in groundnut production.
Thanks to all speakers, Muhammad Ijaz Khan (progressive farmers), Manzoor Hussain, Tariq Tanveer CEO Agri-Tourism, Yousaf Shah CEO Pak Olives, Dr. Javaid deputy director district agriculture department Attock, Dr. Ghulam Rabbani Director Bari, Dr. Ghulam Nabi Principal Scientist GRS, Malik Fateh Khan CEO -GBTI, and Mr. Hamid Ali Khan director GBTI who have not only shared their experiences but also displayed their innovative and value addition products including, agri implements, olive jams, olive pickle, olive oil, peanut oil, peanut butter, peanut sweats and peanut milk etc.
The meaningful participation of DC-Atock Mr. Rao Atif Raza (Chief guest), who honoured the festival and committed an action plan with farmers to resolve their marketing related issues of ground nuts and promised to promote local products through women entrepreneurs. In the end of peanut festival, certificates of participation were distributed among the active participants and stall holders by Mr. Rao Atif Raza DC-Attock.