Experts advocate healthy soils, seeds to boost farm yield.

MARDAN -- A two-day conference on 'biochar for climate smart agriculture' began at the Agriculture Department of the Abdul Wali Khan University here on Tuesday.

The event held in collaboration with the International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Research, Office of Research Innovation and Commercial-isation,and Eurasian School System is meant to highlight the importance of biochar for life on earth.

Prof Khan Bahadar Marwat, a guest speaker, said healthy soils were fundamental to produce clean water, preserve biodiversity, and increase resilience to the impacts of climate change, especially for poor farmers of developing countries.

He said the cause of soil protection was high on the international agenda amid calls for collaborative and coordinated efforts for it.

AWKUM vice-chancellor Dr Khurshid Khan, who was the chief guest in the opening session, said man-made climate change was a very scary thing.

'The rise in global temperature over the last several decades is a matter of public record. There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that it can only be explained by one thing: the rise in greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activities,' he said.

Dr Riaz, another guest speaker, said some people insisted climate change natural, so there was nothing to worry about.

'We have naturally-occurring climate change since the Earth was formed but none of the...

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