Chairman Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) Dr Ghulam Muhammad Ali on Saturday said that the Council was making coordinated efforts at national and provincial levels, besides strengthening its linkages with international development partners and development agencies for bring local agriculture sector at par with international standards to achieve self-sufficiency in food production and economic development of the country.
He said that research based solutions, technological advancement were inevitable to overcome the challenges confronted by national agriculture sector for maintaining food safety and security, besides achieving sustainable long-term economic growth and social prosperity in the country.
Briefing the media persons at National Agriculture Research Center, he said that climate change was the big challenge for agriculture and livestock sectors in the country, adding that unsustainable use of natural resources, high cost of inputs, rapid urbanization and high growth in population were among the other looming issues.
