{"id":14202,"date":"2025-07-20T06:03:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T06:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14202"},"modified":"2025-07-20T06:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T06:03:27","slug":"100-agri-graduates-head-to-china-for-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14202","title":{"rendered":"100 agri graduates head to China for training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A group of 100 young agricultural graduates will depart for China on Sunday under the Prime Minister&#8217;s Special Capacity-Building Programme, a key step toward transforming Pakistan&#8217;s agriculture sector through international learning and technology transfer. The delegation will receive training at Southwest University of Science and Technology, according to a statement by the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFSR) issued on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The training is part of a larger initiative that aims to train 1,000 Pakistani agriculture graduates in top Chinese institutions. The goal is to learn from China&#8217;s advanced, climate-smart, and technology-driven farming practices to improve productivity in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>A pre-departure ceremony was held today at the MNFSR to bid farewell to the group. Secretary MNFSR Amir Muhyuddin praised the graduates&#8217; enthusiasm and stressed the programme&#8217;s importance. &#8220;You are the ambassadors of Pakistan&#8217;s agricultural future,&#8221; he said. &#8220;This is a transformational opportunity to gain knowledge and skills to uplift our farming landscape.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that the initiative reflects the prime minister&#8217;s vision to enhance the agriculture sector through international exposure and modern practices. He urged trainees to stay focused, maintain discipline, and act as goodwill ambassadors between Pakistan and China.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Secretary Alam Zaib, Deputy Secretary Shafqat Abbas, and other officials briefed the group on the training modules, objectives, and expected outcomes. They assured continued support during the training period.<\/p>\n<p>The programme was launched following the prime minister&#8217;s visit to the Yangling Agricultural Technology Demonstration Base in June 2024. As per the PM&#8217;s directives from November, MNFSR was tasked with implementing the programme in three batches in collaboration with HEC, MOFA, MoIT, NITB, and Pakistan&#8217;s Embassy in Beijing.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 100 young agricultural graduates will depart for China on Sunday under the Prime Minister&#8217;s Special Capacity-Building Programme, a key step toward transforming Pakistan&#8217;s agriculture sector through international learning and technology transfer. The delegation will receive training at Southwest University of Science and Technology, according to a statement by the Ministry of National [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}