The science behind our olives

Olive, grown the hard way: in Pakistan's rainfed north

Olive in Pakistan was worked out the slow way — on barani land in the Pothwar and the Soon Valley, over three decades of public research: how to propagate it, which varieties yield here, what the trees need, when to pick, and what the fruit can become.

That last question is where Zuriyat begins: the same research settled how olive is pickled and preserved. It is the work of Muhammad Ashraf Sumrah, Principal Scientist at the Barani Agricultural Research Institute, Chakwal.

پاکستان کی زمین سے — آج کے گھرانوں کے لیے