Islamabad: Director of the China Study Center, Xiang Yang, said Monday that the China-Pakistan Agricultural Corridor project would pave the way for a new era of collaboration between the two all-weather strategic partners.
Talking to the state-owned APP, Yang said that the project was a significant initiative, adding that it would serve as a model for other countries in the region to emulate and reinforce the belief that cooperation and partnership could lead to significant achievements and benefits for all.
Xiang Yang mentioned that the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) had signed three documents of understanding with various Chinese institutions to boost agriculture productivity in Pakistan.
These agreements were inked with Weifang Engineering Vocational College, Qingzhou Municipal People’s Government and Weifang National Agricultural Open Development Comprehensive Pilot Zone, she added.
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She said this collaboration would enable to share of resources, expertise, and knowledge between China and Pakistan and work together towards common goals of improving and promoting sustainable methodologies in the agriculture sector.
Xiang Yang said that agriculture in the South Asian countries was struggling with low productivity, supply shortfalls, low returns to farmers, lack of advanced technology and trained professionals and thus threatening food security in the region.
Addressing these issues would have a significant impact on people’s lives, particularly in Pakistan, as it was an agro-economic country with immense potential for crop production and research in agricultural sciences, she added.
