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FAISALABAD, Jul 08 (APP):Senior natural resource and agriculture specialist, Asian Development Bank (ADB), Noriko Sato, and Principal Co-Mission Leader, Shingo Kimura, visited University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) and called on Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Zulfiqar Ali.
They discussed agriculture, climate change impacts and food security. Director ORIC, Prof Dr M. Imran Arshad, and Prof. Dr. Jafar Jaskani also attended the meeting. Norkio Sato lauded the university for taking tangible steps to reform the agriculture sector in wake of climate change.
She said that ADB is supporting a low carbon agriculture mechanization project in Punjab for 5 years, having speed breeding, hi-tech lab training and GHGs emission measurement in field/lab.
Prof Dr Zulfiqar Ali said that the university has long collaboration with ADB that is taking progressive steps to mitigate and adapt to changing climate for agriculture productivity.
He said that agriculture sector was in the grip of climate changes, water scarcity, deteriorating soil health and others. He said that collaborative efforts are the need of the hour to increase protection and sustainable agriculture uplift.