1,000 agricultural graduates to China: first batch to depart on April 16
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
The first batch containing 300 agricultural graduates under a govt-funded international training programme will depart for China on April 16, 2025, according to a statement from the Ministry of National Food Security and Research on Monday.
The government earlier this year announced to send a total of 1,000 agricultural graduates to China for a fully funded international training programme aimed at upgrading the Pakistan’s agricultural sector.
The programme named ‘Prime Minister’s Initiative for Capacity Building of 1,000 Agricultural Graduates in China’ is expected to equip the country’s future agricultural leaders with modern skills and exposure.
“Through collaboration with leading Chinese universities and research institutes, the programme offers specialised training in nine high-priority areas including farm mechanisation, biotechnology, genomics, precision agriculture, artificial intelligence, and high-efficiency irrigation systems,” the ministry statement read.
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain will host a send-off ceremony on Tuesday, April 15 for the first batch leaving for China.
According to the ministry, the training programme—spanning 3 to 6 months—is fully funded by the government. Participants were selected through a competitive process based on merit and specialisation in 9 key areas.
“The agricultural graduates are expected to return as master trainers, helping disseminate the knowledge and techniques learned abroad to local farming communities and institutions,” it said.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
