Staff Reporter
Lahore
Pakistan-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) President Zarak Khan has urged the government to adopt eco-farming model of China for increasing agricultural yields to avert the growing food crisis and to provide fresh fruits, vegetables at this hour of crisis.
while introducing the Chinese cultivation model of ‘eco-farming’ at the PCJCCI think-tank session here on Friday, he emphasised to get benefit of Chinese friendship in the field of agriculture during the pandemic.
Zarak Khan said that Chinese cultivation model involved usage of hybrid seeds, better water management, increased role of government for ensuring effective safety and support mechanisms such as making a reservoir of food grain and also public-private partnerships to overcome the future food crisis.
He mentioned that China accounts for only 10 per cent of arable land produces food for 20 per cent of the world’s population and it ranks first in worldwide farm output, adding that It was because they have devised different techniques to increase the yield of crops just by making use of nature and such farming was termed eco-farming.
