Chinese team visits PARC Headquarters

A Chinese delegation has visited Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) Headquarters Islamabad on Thursday and held meeting with Chairman PARC, Dr Nadeem Amjad, for Pak-China Collaboration in Seed Sector. On this occasion Chairman PARC acknowledged the support of China in various projects of PARC. He gave a detailed presentation about PARC, its mission and vision to achieve sustainable food security and poverty alleviation through knowledge and innovation.He briefed about PARC presence in the country, National Agricultural Research System of Pakistan, PARC disciplines of in-house research ie, Plant Sciences, Natural Resources, Animal Sciences, Agricultural Engineering and Social Sciences. He also highlighted the Pakistan Agricultural Scenario and PARC major achievements. In the meeting Pak-China experts have exchanged the information and discussed the areas of mutual interest to accelerate the development of seed sector in Pakistan.The Chinese delegation appreciated PARC's role of collaboration with international partners for the development of agriculture sector in Pakistan. They were of the view that this meeting would definitely prove fruitful to further strengthen existing collaboration between the both countries.The Chinese delegation was headed by Zhang Yanqiu, Director General, Bureau of Seed Management, Ministry of Agriculture, Peoples Republic of China. Other members included Liao Cuimeng, President, Yuan Longpin Hi-Tech Agriculture Co Ltd, China, Geng Yueming, General Manager, Hubei Provincial Seed Group Co Ltd, Ms Zhan Qin, Chairperson, Winall Hi-Tech Seed Co Ltd, China, and Liu Xianhui, General Manager, Beidahuang Kenfeng Seed Co Ltd, China.News SourceNews Collated byPAKISSAN.comCourtesy www.brecorder.com