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Smeda starts work on farm tools standardisation
LAHORE (March 31 2004): The Small and Medium
Enterprise Development Authority (Smeda) has taken
an initiative by starting work for standardisation
of agricultural implements in Pakistan which might
result in saving of 20-30 percent diesel.
Sources in the Authority said no standards of
agricultural implements exist in Pakistan, adding
most of the organisations started work in some
areas, and also developed some implements, but at
present, we have not seen any implementation in
any area of Pakistan.
They said Smeda took an imitative by starting work
in this sector. In this regard, preliminary visits
were arranged with the associations in Daska, the
sources added.
"We are wasting our imported energy in terms of
diesel 20-30 percent more than the required due to
non-standardisation of implements. Most of the
people insist on weight of implements only with
the thinking that it will last for a long time,
which consumes a lot of fuel and result in quick
engine overhauling of the tractors.
In order to get quick results, Smeda with the
interaction of associations has short-listed four
implements like cultivator, rotavator, disc-harrow
and seed-drill", they added. Once the
standardisation of these implements will be
completed, and duly implemented, the
standardisation of more implements would become
easy, the sources said.
They said Smeda is also planning to constitute a
task force comprising Agriculture Director-General
Dr Rafique-ur-Rehman, Islamabad Farm Machinery
Institute chief Dr Nadeem Amjad, Agricultural
Mechanisation Research Institute, Multan,
Director-General Dr Muhammad Yasir, Millat
Tractors Director Ch Bashir Ahmed, Pakistan
Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Association
President Sultan Noorani, ex-president Nazir Alvi
for standardisation of agricultural implements
programme in Pakistan.
Courtesy Business Recorder |
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Pakissan.com; Advisory Point
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