Islamabad, August 24, 2020 (PPI-OT): Ministry of National Food Security and Research (NFSR) is responsible for policy making on food sustainability of the country. This was said by Federal secretary for NFSR, Omar Hamid Khan on Monday while having video link meeting with Director Asian Development Bank (ADB), Yasmin Siddiqi. ADB has also expressed interest in supporting research and capacity building in the agriculture sector of Pakistan. ADB is interested in giving Knowledge and Support Technical Assistance (KSTA) for sustainable food security and locust control.
The upshot of this assistance will be spiralling food security and crop protection. The scaffold of the project includes technological based data assemblage practices. ADB is also concerned in developing progressive system of locust and other pest management. Through this assistance climate adaptive and disaster resilient agricultural practices will amplify in the areas susceptible to climate change and natural disaster. The assistance can be implemented in 2 years.
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