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Islamabad, February 27, 2023 (PPI-OT):Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema met a Kenyan delegation headed by Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development of Kenya, Mithika Linturi, today. During the meeting, both sides discussed areas of cooperation and partnership in the field of agriculture and livestock.
Federal Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema welcomed the Kenyan delegation and said that Pakistan and Kenya have a long-standing agricultural trade relations and vast opportunities exist to further it. Mithika Linturi, Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development of Kenya, appreciated the cordial relations between the two countries.
He noted Pakistan is one of the leading export destinations for tea produced in Kenya. Mithika Linturi said that food security is a global concern. “Climate change has adversely affected food production,” he added. He stressed that through knowledge sharing, we can mitigate the effects of climate change and ensure food availability.
Federal Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema said that we can become helping hand of each other to overcome these challenges. Federal Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema said that Pakistan was a wheat and cotton exporting country a few years ago, but unfortunately because of climate change and farmers shifting to other crops, Pakistan is now importing what it used to export. “We are trying our best to help the farmers and reverse this trend,” he said. The Kenyan delegation also showed interest in cooperation on Sahiwal cattle breed improvement.
Both sides resolved to increase knowledge sharing and improve agricultural trade between the two countries. “We are working together in many areas and will continue to expand this cooperation,” said Federal Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema.
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