Eco-farming: Official stresses adopting Chinese farming model

LAHORE: Pakistan-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) has urged the government to adopt Chin's eco-farming model for increasing agricultural yields to avert the growing food crisis.

While introducing the Chinese Cultivation Model of 'Eco-Farming' in the PCJCCI think-tank session, PCJCCI President Zarak Khan emphasised benefiting from Chinese friendship in the field of agriculture.

He said that the Chinese cultivation model involved the usage of hybrid seeds, better water management, the increased role of government for ensuring effective safety and support mechanisms such as making a reservoir of food grain and also public-private partnerships to overcome the future food crisis. He said that China, accounting for only 10% arable land, produces food for 20% of the world's population and it ranks first in worldwide farm output.

"It is because they have devised different techniques to increase the yield of crops just by making use of nature, and such farming is termed as, 'eco-farming'," he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 28^th, 2019.

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