HAZARA AGRICULTURE RESEARCH STATION
Contents
Directorate/Attach Unit
Directorate of Agrricultural Research Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Parent Department Name
Agriculture Llivestock and cooperative Department
Secretary
Agriculture Livestock and cooperative Department
Head of Directorate /Attach unit
Dr.Zaheer Ullah
List of wings /sub units
Germ plasm unit Haripur
Germ plasm unit Jabba
Disease screening Shraan Farm
Batta kundi Farm
Introduction
Hazara Agriculture Research Station comes under the Ministry of Agriculture Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. HARS was previously named as Potato Research Centre, Abbottabad and was established in 1978 with the assistance of German Technical Cooperation GtZ. The efforts were started in this regards with the approval of PC-I for the project “Establishment of Research Centre for the production of Pre-Basic and certified Seed Potatoes in N.W.F.P” in 1978 with the tremendous efforts from Dr. Mentz who surveyed the proposed area for project along with the project team from 1976-77. . Two research farms i.e. Seed Potato Research and multiplication farm Battakundi and Potato screening farm Sharan and a Tissue culture Lab/Green house in Abbottabad were established to achieve the following objectives.
· To achieve self sufficiency. Potato being the most important vegetable crop grown and used all the year round and is also gaining importance as a food crop.
· Increasing the production of potato by 30% with the use of disease free certified seed of high yielding varieties.
· Lowering the cost of production and stabilizing the market with the introduction of high yielding varieties.
Potato Research centre was renamed as Hazara Agriculture research station in 2005 due to the fact that after the completion of potato project phase the centre was successfully developing a landmark in the fields of fruit plant species, varieties collection and multiplication, vegetable seed production and tissue culture technology.
Official message from Head of Department with picture
DIRECTOR HARS ,Dr.Zaheer Ullah
The strategic trust of the medium term
development framework is on the development of knowledge economy envisioned. It is envisaged to raise the productivity and competitiveness of agriculture, industry and services sector through science based interventions. In the agriculture sector, the trust is on improved productivity, profitability and diversification into high value agriculture, value addition, marketing and export,efficient use of resources and sustainable natural management.
Keeping in view the climatic changes,
the implementation of aforementioned reform initiatives owes to the strategic visioning and guidance of Ministry of Agriculture, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the capacity of agriculture secretariat and commitment of HARS scientists to achieve prosperity in the rural Pakistan
through excellence in agriculture research. The farmers of Pakistan deserve no less than the best of scientific solutions to improve their farm productivity and profitability.
Organization Structure
Objectives
· Development of best practices and improved technologies for horticultural crops.
· Fostering the production of horticultural crops and enhancing their true to type propagation.
· Production of pre-basic seed Potato and plant material for further multiplication.
· Development, selection and introduction of new and improved varieties with greater yield potential keeping in view their suitability in adoption, quality and resistance against various Biotic and Abiotic stresses.
· Minimizing the post harvest losses.
· Conducting adaptive research trials for technology transfer.
· Provide advisory services to the stake holders.
· Conduct contract research for Government Agencies and NGOs.
Vision / Future plan
1.Breeding programmes of various vegetables like tomato ,poatao and pea.
2.Introduction and evaluation of exotic germplasm of various fruit plants including citrus,apple ,lyche etc
3.To produce disease free seed potato by tissue culture techniques.
4.Provision of high quality seed potato on large scale to
farmers and to the market
5.Production of French bean ,Peas ,onion and other vegetable seeds
6.To supervise students of various universities of Pakistan in completion of their Bs ,Ms and Phd programme.
7.To conduct various seminars ,workshops and training programmes for the local farmers and scientists as well.
Development projects/ADP
Upgradation of Kaghan Agriculture Research Station into Research Institute for development of winter and high value crops
Achievements
· New variety of orange has been released in 2015 named HARS MALTA
· Establishment of Germplasm Units for Horticulture in Hazara (ASPL-II).
· Development of Post harvest Technology for fruits and vegetables in NWFP (ASPL-II).
· National Cooperative Research Program on Potato (PARC).
· True Potato Seed Project (PARC).
· Causes & control of fruit skin cracking in Litchi.
· Barani Area Development Project-II.
· Adaptive research on selected vegetables to grow in off season to increase farmers’ income in Malakand and Hazara Division.
· Block plantation of selected fruits in the marginal steep hills of Malaknad and Hazara Division.
· Conservationevaluation and commercialization of extinguishing indigenous fruit verities.
· Vegetables seed production and nursery fruit plants production in five selected stations of KPK.
Other information not cover in the above indicators
Nill
Forms/Public Related Application Forms
Notifications
Publications
List of Research publications
Rules/Regulations
Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa
Downloads
Image Gallery
Tissue Culture Lab
Green house
Mushroom cultivation
GPU Haripur
Battakundi farm
GPU Jabba
Field visit
Dignitaries visits
Maps
Additional Services
Advisory services to visiting farmers
Supervision of B.Sc (Hons),M.phill and Phd students from various related universities
Indicator
Details
Not applicable
Ayub Medical Complex
Karakuram highway,Mandian Abbottabad
Lasania Restaurant
Mirpur chowk,Mansehra road Abbottabad
Officer colony
S.No
Official/Officers
(Designation only)
Address/Telephone No/Fax/Email
Director
Hars Abbottabad
Tel: ph & fax No 0992380873
Kzaheer_nz@yahoo.com
Principal Research Officer
Asif_dilazak@yahoo.com
Research officers Mr.Nayyer Iqbal Khan
Mr Mubbashir Ahmed Khan
Mr Anayat ur Rehman
Mr Tahseen Zeb
Mr Khalid Khan
Mr Ihsan Ullah
Mr .Mehboob Ahmed
Mrs.Zishan Gul
Mrs.Isma Khurshid
Miss.Maria Saleem
Mrs.Aneela Kanwal
Mr.Bilal Ahmed Khan
Mr.Baber Shamrez
Mr.Mazhar Iqbal
nikbalakoti@yahoo.com
mubasharjadoon@yahoo.com
anayat85@yahoo.com
tahseenzeb@yahoo.com
khank302@yahoo.com
ihsanullah_ro@yahoo.com
mehboob05pbg@yahoo.com
gul.zishan@gmail.com
ismakhurshid83@gmail.com
mariasaleemawan@gmail.com
aneela_kanwal28@yahoo.com
bilalahmed_pbg@yahoo.com
baber_29@yahoo.com
mazhar.kts@gmail.com
Indicator/Services
Which type of Seed is available at HARS, Abbottabad?
Seeds of french beans, potato, peas are provided on demand of farmers
How many varieties of Fruit plant and theirs buds are available at GPUs?
Peaches, plum apple, apricot, walnut
Is there any room for conducting research work or internship at HARS?
Most of student conducted their MSc , Mphil & Phd research in different fields.
Sub Domain
Emails
Secretary (official)
Nil
Secretary (Namely)
10.E. how?
E How?
Contact Address:Hazara Agriculture Research Station Abbottabad.Phone 0992-380873
Email:hars_atd @yahoo.com
Designation
Proposed Email (address)
harsdirector@kp.gov.pk
PRO Horticulture
harsprohort@kp.gov.pk
PRO Pathology
harspropath@kp.gov.pk
SRO Vegetable
harssroveg@kp.gov.pk
SRO Soilchemistry
harssrosoil@kp.gov.pk
SRO Food technology
harssrofoodtec@kp.gov.pk
SRO Entomology
harssroent@kp.gov.pk
SRO Potato
harssropotato@kp.gov.pk
SRO Horticulture
harsrohort@kp.gov.pk
In-charge Technical cell
harstech@kp.gov.pk
Other officers
Vegetable
harsroveg@kp.gov.pk
Horticulture
Soil Chemistry
harsrosoil@kp.gov.pk
Plant pathology
harsropath@kp.gov.pk
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