Islamabad: Government has set up Land Information and Management System Center of Excellence to develop modern agro-farming to bring millions of acres of land under cultivation. Prime Minister, Army Chief, Federal Ministers, concerned authorities and agricultural experts participated in the inauguration ceremony.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the World Food Program report says that 36.9 percent of Pakistanis are food insecure and 18.3 percent of them are facing a severe food crisis.
Cognizant of the prevailing food insecurity, mass malnutrition and widening import bill of agri related products vis-à-vis projected population growth and future domestic food needs, the National political, economic and military leadership has decided to undertake the decisive and meaningful steps to address this critical issue.
Establishment of LIMS is the first exceptional initiative, aimed at enhancing food security and improving agri exports thus reducing import burden on national exchequer by transforming millions of acres of uncultivated/ low yield land within the country.
This state-of-the-art System will help optimize the agricultural production through innovative technologies and sustainable precision agricultural practices based on agro-ecological potential of land, while ensuring well being of rural communities and preservation of environment.
The GIS based LIMS will greatly improve the national agri yield by systemizing digitization of agriculture, providing real time information to local farmers about soil, crops, weather, water resource and pest monitoring through remote sensing and geospatial technologies as well as minimizing the role of middlemen through efficient marketing system.
