DASKA, Oct 20: Tunnel technology for vegetable production is becoming popular among small growers in Sialkot district, Agriculture Department officials told APP on Sunday.

At present more than 1,000 small farmers have adopted tunnel farm technology and more farmers are considering it because of economic benefits.

Farmers have successfully installed walk-in and low tunnels in Sialkot, Daska, Sambrial and Pasrur tehsils of the district and are cultivating off-season vegetables like cucumber, tomato, green chilli, paprika, pumpkin, bitter gourd, watermelon and melons.

The technology has brought about revolutionary changes in the agriculture sector enabling growers to produce off-season vegetables and improving their economic conditions.

Ali Muhammad, a progressive farmer, said, “I’m successfully attaining the yield of off-season vegetables and gaining better returns.”

The per acre yield of vegetables cultivated under tunnel farming technology is much higher as compared to traditional farming, he said. — APP