College of Agriculture B.Z.U Bahadur Sub-Campus,LAYYAH 3.66

College of Agriculture B.Z.U Bahadur Sub-Campus, LAYYAH

Established- 2012

Academic Programs-
B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture (4-Year)
M.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture (2-Year)
Ph.D Agronomy

Director- Dr.Mubshar Hussain, Associate Professor (Agronomy)
Principal-Dr.M.Ijaz Randhawa,Assistant Professor (Agronomy)

Faculty
Assistant Professor
1-Dr.Tauqeer Ahmad Yasir,Assistant Professor (Agronomy)
2-Dr.Allah Wasaya,Assistant Professor (Agronomy)
3-Dr.Abdul Sattar,Assistant Professor (Agronomy)
4-Dr.Ahmad Sher,Assistant Professor (Agronomy)
5-Dr.M.Zeshan Hassan,Assistant Professor (Plant Breeding & Genetics)
6-Dr.Umbreen Shahzad,Assistant Professor (Horticulture)
7-Dr.Tahira Abbas,Assistant Professor (Horticulture)
8-Dr.Azhar Abbas Baloch,Assistant Professor(Entomology)
9-Dr.Ch.M.Shahid,Assistant Professor(Entomology)
10-Dr.Hafiz M.Atif ,Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology)
11-Dr.M.Saleem,Assistant Professor (Horticulture)
12-Dr.Saqi Kouser Abbas,Assistant Professor (Entomology)
13-Dr.Sami Ullah,Assistant Professor (Plant Breeding & Genetics)
14-Dr.Sohail Akhtar,Assistant Professor (Entomology)
15-Dr.Shahid Rizwan,Assistant Professor (Soil Science)
16-Dr.Syed Jawad Munwar Shah,Assistant Professor (Plant Breeding & Genetics)
17-Dr.Waqas Ahmad,Assistant Professor (Horticulture)
18-Dr.Saqlain Ahmed,Assistant Professor (Plant Breeding & Genetics)
19-Dr.M.Nawaz,Assistant Professor(Agronomy)
20-Dr.M.Yasin,Assistant Professor (Entomology)
21-Dr.M.Bashir ,Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology)
22-Dr.Ahmad Nawaz ,Assistant Professor (Agronomy)
23-Dr. Kazim Ali ,Assistant Professor(Entomology)
24-Dr. Usman Tariq ,Assistant Professor (Horticulture)
Introduction
Agriculture sector plays a vital role in Pakistan’s economy. It is the 2nd largest sector, accounting for over 21% to GDP. The sector employs about 45% of the country’s total labour work force.Almost 62% of the country’s population live in rural areas and is directly or indirectly linked with agriculture for their livelihood. The sector is primary supplier of raw materials to down stream industry,
There are three ecological zones in Punjab i.e. Barani Districts,Northern Irrigated Districts and Southern Irrigated Districts includingCholistan. Layyah is located in Barani Area and is situated betweenthe rivers Indus and Chenab in the central area of Pakistan. The district has variety of soils, being more fertile on western side near the Indus River and barren in the east. As we go from west to east, soil fertility decreases and at the extreme east there is desert “Thal” with sand dunes. The western areas of the district are canal irrigated while the eastern part is rain fed (Barani). Due to varsity in ecological conditions, almost all types of agronomic and vegetable crops and tropical and subtropical fruits can be grown. The district also has forests, rangelands and livestock farms. As far as geographical position is concerned, Bhakkar district is in the north, Muzaffargarh is in the south, Jhang is in the east and Tehsil Taunsa Sharif of D.G Khan district is in the west across the Indus river. Human population of Layyah is 1.1 million as per Population Census 1998, percentage break-up of the rural and urban population is 87.2 and 12.8 In the neighbouring districts of Layyah i.e. Bhakkar, Mianwali, Khushab, Jhang and Muzaffar Garh there is no Agricultural College to offer graduate and postgraduate degree programs. District Layyah is one of the least industrially developed districts of Punjab. Majority of the population depends upon agriculture for their livelihood. Realizing the need for the agriculture in the area, Honourable Chief Minister of Punjab approved the establishment of the College of Agriculture at Bahadur Sub-campus of Bahauddin Zakariya University at Layyah in 2011. In this College, the study will be focused on all aspects of crop production, protection and improvement. This will help in poverty alleviation in region and at the same time will help in the enhancement of food production to feed the increasing population in the country.

The establishment of Agriculture College will enhance the number of agricultural graduates in Punjab. The College has initiated 4-years degree program of B.Sc (Hons.) Agriculture and 2-years degree program of M.Sc (Hons.) Agriculture with specialization in various disciplines. Later, Ph.D program will also be launched which will hopefully help in meeting professional / skilled manpower for the Agriculture Sector particularly in the Southern Punjab. The College has been established at the available land of Bahadur Sub-campus. The class of B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture will be started from the coming session i.e.2012.

Objectives

a. The College of Agriculture, Layyah, will take responsibility of providing leadership & professionalism in crop production, improvement and other allied sectors throughout Punjab in general and local region in particular.
b. To provide facilities of education, teaching, training and research in various disciplines of Agricultural Sciences. The trained professionals will contribute to the scientific advancement in Agriculture Sector. The College hopefully will produce 60 Agricultural graduates initially then 100 graduates annually.Similarly, 50 M.Phil will also be admitted in different disciplines during the 5th year of the project. The College after its development phase will also train more than 100 persons annually by offering short courses and diploma programs.
c. To undertake extension activities in various fields of specialization to benefit the community by their higher knowledge and expertise.
d. To provide the required professional and skilled manpower for crop production and allied sectors, which will help to enhance the production potential of the food and cash in the region. This will help in meeting the demand for foods for ever increasing human population in the country.
e. To help in enhancing the socio-economic status of the rural population engaged in Agriculture Sector resulting in poverty alleviation.
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