The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) partnered with the International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) to create a program to train Pakistani banana farmers in the proper methods to turn crop waste into compost.

“What farmers are burning as waste is actually a valuable resource,” Dr Shoukat Abro of the Sindh Agricultural Extension Department pointed out.
Farmers in Sindh produce 90% of bananas in Pakistan. USDA began a three-year Improving Soil Fertility and Soil Health through the agricultural extension project. A USDA team visited a banana farm in Tando Allahyr to observe the progress of the program.

ICARDA is directing ten other Pakistani institutions involved in this project to train farmers to properly turn the leaves and stems left over from banana harvest into compost.

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