BEIJING: Vice President of Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University (NWAFU) Luo Jun has said that currently, there are 318 overseas students in the university, of which 90% are from Belt and Road countries. Talking to media at the Promotion conference of SCO demonstration base for Agricultural technology exchange and training, he said, they are planning to establish an alumni association for Pakistani students who graduated from NWAFU.
We have more than 100 Pakistan graduates who have gone back to Pakistan, many of them are now working in colleges and universities. They are contributing a lot to the agriculture talent training of Pakistan.
We hope that through the alumni association, they can play their role in improving Pakistan agriculture in a better way, Luo Jun said, adding that NWAFU has established overseas demonstration areas in Pakistan, where their alumni provided a lot of help.
Pakistan’s agriculture has many similarities with China’s northwestern region. They both have large arid and semi-arid regions. Some of our technical achievements can be easily promoted in Pakistan.
We have also established some cooperation with universities, Luo Jun said.
The water-saving irrigation system and smart agriculture technology are two of the major areas that the SCO trying to promote in the SCO countries, which can also greatly benefit Pakistan agriculture. –Agenices