A press trip was organized from 8th to 10th October 2006 under the Water Thirsty Crops project.

The objective of the press trip was to engage the journalists in a way so that they can provide informed and sensitized coverage to the project in the print media. The journalists went to see the cotton fields where they also spoke to the farmers in order to have their first-hand experience regarding sustainable cotton production.

The journalists were from leading newspapers such as Dawn, the News, Daily Times, and the Nation etc.

Hammad Naqi Khan, Director Freshwater & Toxics Programme, giving an overview of the project to the journalists.	Getting ready to go into the fields
	International colleagues accompanying the Project team and journalists