Staff Reporter
President Dr. Arif Alvi has emphasized the need for adoption of advanced agriculture technologies and best practices that are crucial to enhancing agriculture production and developing Pakistan’s farming industry, besides improving agribusiness in the country. He said it was imperative to devise E-strategy on agriculture and introduce technological solutions for maximization of better crop. He expressed these views while chairing a meeting on Technology in Food Security and Agriculture, at Aiwan-e-Sadr, today. The meeting was attended by Minister for IT & Telecom, Syed Amin ul Haq, Minister for National Food Security & Research, Syed Fakhar Imam, Minister for Science & Technology (MoST), Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Secretary IT & Telecom, Mr. Shoaib Siddiqui and Secretary Science & Technology, Capt ® Nasim Nawaz.
Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Syed Fakhar Imam, briefed the meeting about the advantages of best agriculture practices and the steps taken by his Ministry for development of agriculture. Minister for MoST, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, informed the meeting that his Ministry would help to change the traditional agriculture practices.
