Agriculture is one of the most ancient and significant sectors in the human history. In the modern age, when the world is encountering a number of grave challenges such as growing population, reducing resources, and changing climate; the role of agriculture sector has become extremely critical. The multitude of such challenges require dynamic ways and means to address them. The solutions may include implementing innovative and modern paradigms for environmental protection, measures to enhanced production of food, and control of expanding population with management of human resources.

In addition, when the classical agriculture approaches and methods have become almost obsolete, the role of new scientific knowledge, technical skills and high-tech equipment is central in today agriculture and allied sectors. The emergence of digital tools and techniques have the potential to rapidly transform the agriculture and allied practices, enhancing the efficiencies and yield.

The economy of many developing countries like Pakistan are much dependent on the agriculture base. With the demographic and socio-economic changes in the recent decades, people living in the rural areas are leaving agriculture profession and migrating to cities in search of better economic and social opportunities and facilities. This situation has alarming impact on social set up and have caused serious dents in the agriculture sector. To mitigate that damage, a new-fangled focus on this sector is required while adopting new approaches, strategies and knowledge base. For that, the new generation of farmers need to be well acquainted with the knowledge and technology-based agriculture.

Polyversity International, for achieving the cherished objective of sustainable development of agriculture and allied fields, has planned short courses that will promote modern farming techniques in agriculture leadership, its supportive environment and filed practices.

Introduction of contemporary skills will also add value to the indigenous knowledge and practices. These courses will not only benefit the working farmers and aspiring youth, but will also facilitate the families in attaining self-sufficiency in food growth through high-tech home-based farming.