Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) is a joint project of IRRI (International Rice Research Institute, Philippine) and CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico). CSISA is working in Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. CSISA, Pakistan is working for the improvement in farming systems through Conservation Agriculture.
Naseer is a cop in Punjab Police and does farming on 21 acres in chak No. 172 G/B Shajwal (31.15933N, 73.15823E) about 40 km from Faisalabad. He bought CSISA planter last year but was hesitant to undertake 0 til or bed planting in the face of risk involved in new technology. CSISA, Pakistan staff prompted him and he undertook 4 acres of 0 til planting when neighbors were laughing and ridiculing his undertaking. However the germination was so good, a number of other farmers fell on 0 til and he is still meeting the demands of neighbors. From one farmer of 4 acres zero til has expanded to twelve farmers and 45 acres. In the process Naseer has recovered the cost of his drill doing custom work. In the neighboring village another enterprising farmer Malik M. Wakil (31.14453N, 73.18142E) has even gone further undertaking 72 acres of his personal wheat cultivation with 0 til planter and helping other farmers also.
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