China to establish an Agricultural Demonstration Center in Pakistan

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Government of Pakistan
Country	Pakistan
Start Date	Apr 28, 2011
End Date	Aug 29, 2030
Duration	7,063 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`37284`

Grant Description

On 28 April 2011, Dr.

Muhammad Afzal, Chairman of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), launched the idea of establishing an “Agriculture Demonstration Centre” in Pakistan for training of farmers, demonstration of technologies, and development of new hybrid crop varieties. This project was declared during a meeting with a 4 member high level delegation from China headed by Mr.

Hu Yuahan, Director General of China's Foreign Cooperatives Committee for the Ministry of Agriculture at the PARC in April 2011.

In addition to cooperation with China, Pakistan can learn an efficient system of agricultural research, increase agricultural production and productivity, and also facilitate access to China's vast market.

📚 Sources & References

Assistance for agri research PM thanks China
China to establish Agriculture Demonstration Centre
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