Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Ambassador of Chinese to Pakistan Yao Jing on Tuesday said that China is interested to upgrade Pakistan Agriculture sector by using modern technologies.
He said this in a meeting with Chairman Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) Dr Muhammad Azeem during his visit to PARC headquarters Islamabad on Tuesday.
During meeting, they discussed about investment of agriculture sector in Pakistan under CPEC.
The Chinese Ambassador suggested for further strengthening the understanding between Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences and PARC to work on the improvement of rice, wheat, sugarcane, cotton, vegetables and livestock using modern technologies.
Chinese Ambassador was briefed about their Locust expert team arrival in Karachi and their visit to affected areas to assess the situation and needs of Pakistan.
PARC Chairman discussed the possible control measures for Locust for short term as well as long term keeping in view the environmental aspects of pesticides to knock down Locust.
They also discussed capacity building at national level both for the scientists and technicians to improve the agriculture production and poverty elevation.
In the meeting, Pak- China experts also exchanged the agricultural information and discussed the areas of mutual interest to accelerate the development of Agriculture sector in Pakistan.
