70 Million wild olive trees discovered in KP

Provincial Minister for Environment and Forests, Muhammad Ishtiaq Umar here on Sunday said that over 70 million plants of wild olive trees were discovered in KP out of which grafting in 40 million would be achieved in next five years with assistance of Agriculture Department.

"We have around 70 million wild olive trees in KP including merged areas. In some areas, these plants are inaccessible due to remote mountainous areas. We would give priority to grafting in wild olives in accessible areas with an assistance of Agriculture Department for whopping afforstation under 10BTAP in next two years", said Ishtiaq Urmar.

He said Agriculture Department's research institutes would be used for grafting in olive trees under the project.