By Umbreen Turk
ISLAMABAD: First lot of pesticides from China to control locust attack has reached Pakistan and more pesticides with spray machines will reach during next month to overcome the menace of pest outbreak which had damaged standing crops over thousands of hectares. This was stated by Ambassador of China Yao Jing who called on Minister for National Food Security and Research Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtiar here on Thursday.
The ambassador further informed that a team of technicians from china would soon visit Pakistan to provide operational training to local human resource to mitigate the challenge of locust attack. The ambassador said that Chinese Government would also offered Pakistan more surveillance devices and drones to monitoring and management of locust issue, said a press release.
The Chinese Ambassador appreciated the role of Khusro Bakhtiar for his dedicated efforts of giving new impetus to agricultural cooperation under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
He said that in the upcoming visit of President of Pakistan, memorandum of understanding on agriculture corporation between the two countries would further strengthen the bilateral coordination especially in locust control.
