Sindh Agriculture University (SAU), Tandojam and China’s Northwest A&F University signed an agreement online for exchange and cooperation in academic and research fields. The agreement was signed in presence of the SAU Vice Chancellor Dr. Fateh Marri, and Northwest A&F University’s Vice President Prof. Jun Luo, among others.
According to the agreement, experts from both varsities will start research on new wheat and vegetable varieties, and both sides will exchange and focus research in fields of horticulture, soil science, plant breeding and genetics, agricultural economics, and animal stem cells.
Masters and PhD students of SAU, including agronomy, horticulture, soil sciences, and animal sciences, will be selected for fully-funded scholarships at the Northwest A&F University. Research through high production technology for improved wheat varieties will be done at the selected fields of the farmers, who grow vegetables, peppers, cabbage, broccoli, radish and onion.
