Webinar on ‘China-Pakistan: Prospects for agricultural cooperation’ organised

Sargodha: The Pakistan Institute of China Studies (PICS), University of Sargodha, in collaboration with the College of Agriculture, and the Chinese embassy, organised a webinar on “China-Pakistan: Prospects for agricultural cooperation”, here.

The webinar was aimed at modernising the agriculture sector, extending mutual agricultural cooperation, and emphasising the importance of agriculture for the economic development of both countries. The participants argued that such cooperation could not only increase agricultural productivity but also create employment opportunities and enhance food security in agriculture research and innovation, and community service.

Addressing the webinar, Dr Gu Wenliang, the agricultural commissioner of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, gave an extensive overview of the ongoing cooperation between China and Pakistan in the agriculture sector. He said that China-Pakistan annually holds meetings of the joint working groups (JWGs) and the two countries had signed several memorandums of understanding (MoUs) on agricultural cooperation.

He pointed out that there were four upcoming agricultural projects under the China Aid Agricultural Project, which were aimed at enhancing capacity of Pakistan’s agricultural research institutions. China and Pakistan had also started collaboration in Multilateral Framework such as FAO-China South-South Cooperation Programme Trust Fund, China-IFAD South-South and triangular cooperation, and SCO Agricultural Cooperation.