Biohealth cooperation to flourish

After 13 years of endeavours from both Pakistani and Chinese sides, the Pak-China Biohealth Agriculture Demonstration Park was finally inaugurated this year, said Northwest A&F University, China Professor Zhang Lixin in an interview with China Economic Net (CEN).

It was a panel interview which was also attended by Pak-China Biohealth Cooperation project Chairman Professor Dr Muhammad Ashraf and several other renowned Pakistani professors, business leaders and PhD students studying in China.

The concept of biohealth agriculture was introduced by Professor Zhang Lixin in 2017 at the first international symposium on the Belt and Road Biohealth.

It refers to a modern way of agricultural production that employs advanced biotechnology and processes and could be applied to crop cultivation, livestock farming, rural tourism and farm produce.

Subsequently, the Silk Road Biohealth Agricultural Industry Alliance and China-Pakistan Agricultural Biological Resources Research Centre were formed in a bid to provide safe and green biohealth agricultural produce….

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