Sustainable Cotton Production for Pakistan's Ginning SMEs (SPRING), the European Union project implemented in Pakistan by World Wide Fund for Nature, Pakistan (WWF-P), conducted a four-week long Cotton Selector Training Course in Sukkur.
The SPRING project was launched by the EU, under its regional initiative for Asia – Switch Asia, on March 30, 2012 in Sukkur, Bahawalpur and Rahimyar Khan regions of Pakistan.Sustainable Cotton Production for Pakistan's Ginning SMEs (SPRING), the European Union project implemented in Pakistan by World Wide #
The training programme was organized by WWF-P Sukkur, in collaboration with Pakistan Cotton Standard Institute (PCSI), for Switch Asia – SPRING ginners.
The one-month long training was held last month under capacity building workshop on cotton selection and grading for ginners at Switch Asia – SPRING project office in Sukkur.
Eighteen of the 33 candidates who successfully completed the training were sponsored by Switch Asia – SPRING Sukkur.
The candidates learnt selection and grading of seed cotton as well as lint cotton during their training.
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