Transferring technology: Chinese institute provides hybrid wheat

The objective is to boost crop production in Pakistan.

BEIJING:

The Beijing Engineering Research Centre for Hybrid Wheat (BERCHW) has provided a selected variety of hybrid wheat to Pakistan, suitable for plantation in different parts of the country with the objective to boost crop production.   

For the last few years BERCHW, China’s leading scientific research institute, was in close collaboration with both Pakistan’s public and private sector to enhance staple crop production. Some of the varieties have proved suitable for local environments and have shown positive results.

BERCHW, besides extending technical and scientific assistance to Pakistan, has also provided free of cost hybrid wheat seeds amounting to 12,000kgs. Several Chinese agriculture scientists have also visited Pakistan to provide advice.



Besides transferring technology, Chinese experts have trained Pakistani counterparts so that they could disseminate their knowledge to their colleagues to make the country achieve food self-sufficiency. It is expected that within a couple of years, hybrid wheat will be cultivated in vast areas on commercial basis in Pakistan.

Pakistan Embassy in Beijing has played a significant role in establishing this collaboration and extended complete support to the facilities of both sides.

About 150 researchers have devoted themselves on research and scientific work. BERCHW achievements have also been acknowledged by the Chinese government.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 12^th, 2014.

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