{"id":3826,"date":"2025-04-14T18:06:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T18:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2025-04-14T18:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T18:06:44","slug":"pakistan-sends-300-agricultural-graduates-to-china-under-pms-training-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3826","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan sends 300 agricultural graduates to China under PM&#8217;s training initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The first group of 300 agricultural graduates will depart for China on April 16 as part of a government-funded international training programme aimed at modernising Pakistan\u2019s agriculture sector, the Ministry of National Food Security and Research said in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative, titled the Prime Minister\u2019s Initiative for Capacity Building of 1,000 Agricultural Graduates in China, seeks to equip young professionals with cutting-edge skills in farm technology, biotechnology, and sustainable agriculture practices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough 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,\u201d the ministry stated.<\/p>\n<p>PM Shehbaz Sharif and Federal Minister for National Food Security Rana Tanveer Hussain are scheduled to attend a send-off ceremony on April 15 for the departing batch.<\/p>\n<p>The training programme, which will span between three to six months, is fully funded by the Pakistani government. Graduates were selected through a merit-based competitive process, with placements aligned to their academic specialisations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the ministry, participants are expected to return as \u201cmaster trainers\u201d who will play a pivotal role in transferring knowledge and modern techniques to local farming communities, universities, and research institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The government had earlier announced plans to send a total of 1,000 agricultural graduates to China in 2025 under this capacity-building effort. Officials say the initiative reflects Islamabad\u2019s commitment to transforming agriculture into a high-tech and sustainable sector that can meet food security challenges and boost economic growth.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first group of 300 agricultural graduates will depart for China on April 16 as part of a government-funded international training programme aimed at modernising Pakistan\u2019s agriculture sector, the Ministry of National Food Security and Research said in a statement on Monday. The initiative, titled the Prime Minister\u2019s Initiative for Capacity Building of 1,000 Agricultural [&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-3826","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\/3826","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=3826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}