Our Correspondent
Multan
Under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the Chinese Agriculture Ministry will set up an Evapotranspiration Research Centre at the Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture (MNSUA). A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Schezin University (China) and the MNSUA had been signed the last week, said Professor Dr Shafqat Saeed, Dean Faculty of the Agriculture and Environmental Science, MNSUA. A three-member delegation of the Schezin University visited the MNSUA and signed the MoU.
Dr Shafqat Saeed said the agriculture sector was facing a shortage of water, adding that water was saline in some areas in the country which was also affecting the agriculture productivity.
