China’s Institute of Urban Agriculture under the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) held a graduation ceremony for the second batch of 1,000 Pakistani agriculture specialists trained under the Pakistani prime minister’s capacity-building initiative in Chengdu, China’s southwest province of Sichuan. The three-month programme, designed around Pakistan’s agricultural development needs, focused on agricultural mechanisation and fruit and vegetable processing technologies , according to a Gwadar Pro's report.

It also included training in “low-altitude + agriculture” applications – the use of drones and other aerial technologies in farming – aimed at building skills in smart machinery R&D and digital farm management. Tanvir A. Bhatti, Pakistan’s consul general in Chengdu, thanked CAAS and the institute for hosting the programme and congratulated the graduates.

He said the specialists, carrying “the agricultural wisdom of Sichuan and the achievements of China-Pakistan cooperation,” would help advance bilateral agricultural collaboration. The ceremony also saw the signing of four master’s and doctoral training programme agreements and 23 cooperation projects, witnessed by the consul general, marking another step in strengthening agricultural ties between the two countries.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP) — Pak-China