Controlling Post Harvest Losses Increases Yield

Pakistan’s agriculture department is promoting the use of relay-cropping to wheat farmers to help curb losses. The technique calls for farmers to sow their wheat within the standing cotton crop so that they meet the recommended sow date. According to a local official, wheat yields sown after November 20th see a 20kg decrease per acre.

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/business/09-Nov-2012/controlling-post-harvest-losses-increases-yield

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