Peshawar : The Directorate of Students Counselling, Placement and Human Resource Development (SCP&HRD) of the University of Agriculture Peshawar, with the collaboration of Weatherwalay and Bakhabar Kisan Islamabad, organized a one-day awareness workshop for female students in the University of Agriculture Peshawar titled:
*”Climate-Smart Women in Agriculture”*.
Chief Guest Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Jehan Bakht, Registrar Dr. Rizwan Ahmed, Director SCP&HRD Dr. Anwar Ali Shad, Director Quality Assurance Dr. Khurram Shehzad Saduzai, Deputy Director Planning and Development Dr. Dawood Nazim, representatives from Weatherwalay pvt. Limited Ms.Fuzia Hussain and Ms. Ariba Arif, representative from Bakhabar Kisan Malik Adnan and additional director of Pakistan Science Foundation Ghazala Ali Khan and in large number of female students of the University were participated in the event.
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Jehan Bakht, while speaking, said that agriculture is the first target of climate change. Agriculture is the source of livelihood for most women. Women have a great responsibility for agriculture, and rural women are associated with agriculture. He said that climate change is happening rapidly, Pakistan is facing many problems due to climate change, including population growth, floods, droughts and extreme heat waves, etc. , If climate change continues, the world will face a lot of problems in the future. He emphasized the students and said that you are educated and it is your responsibility to inform the women around you about these issues. The whole family is associated with a woman. Highlighting the importance of water, he said that you yourself should act sparingly in the use of water and also educate other women about sparing and understand the importance and use of water in agriculture.
Registrar Dr. Rizwan Ahmed thanked the participants.
Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Jehan Bakht, Registrar Dr. Rizwan Ahmed and representative of Weatherwalay Fuzia Hussain distributed certificates of appreciation among the participating students.
Malik Adnan, representative of Bakhabar Kisan, presented the objectives of the awareness workshop and gave a lecture on the role of women in agriculture and there was a questions and answers session by the students, which was highly appreciated by the students.