Bosan for establishing Islamic Biotechnology Centre – Pakistan Observer

Staff Reporter

Islamabad

Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan called for establishing Islamic biotechnology center in order to develop the agriculture and related sectors for the socio-economic prosperity of Muslim countries. Addressing the 3rd International Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Biotechnology on an other day, he said that government believes that practical collaboration among the Muslim countries in the cutting edge areas of modern biotechnology was the need of time. The event was organized by Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) in collaboration with COMSATS, Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) and CIMMYT. The aim of the conference was to share the international best practices of using the biotechnology for the development of agriculture sector and food security. The minister termed the exchange of eminent scientist for short term and graduating students among Islamic countries as another good form of cooperation. He called upon the scientists for encouraging and promoting smart agricultural practices to build the resilience in agri-sector. Pakistan was working on the development of infrastructure for using modern and innovative technologies including the biotechnology for uplift of agriculture, health and industrial sectors of the country, he added. Pakistan has improved its crop yield and productivity over the years and it was producing surplus of wheat, maize, potato and sugarcane, he added. He said that scientist and biotechnologist in Pakistan has achieved the diversification in seed development and moved to a higher value added seeds, particularly in the crops sector. The minister said that all the modern techniques should be replicated after tailor-made alterations keeping in view of local settings and environmental factors.

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