Islamabad: Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain has reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to building long-term partnerships with Poland in the field of agriculture and food security. Talking to the Ambassador of Poland in Islamabad today, he expressed confidence that enhanced bilateral cooperation would open new avenues for trade, technology transfer, and sustainable agricultural development.

According to Radio Pakistan, the Minister emphasized that Pakistan and Poland can greatly benefit from mutual collaboration in cereals, fruits, livestock, and food processing sectors. The Minister proposed establishing a Joint Working Group on Livestock to strengthen collaboration in animal health, veterinary sciences, meat trade, and dairy production. He highlighted Pakistan's existing export of animal casings to Poland and expressed interest in expanding cooperation to include cooked meat, poultry, and processed food.

The meeting focused on strengthening bilateral agricultural cooperation, enhancing Pakistan's agricultural exports to Poland, and addressing technical barriers related to sanitary and phytosanitary requirements. The meeting further explored areas of agricultural cooperation such as exchange of elite crop genetic resources, joint research on post-harvest management and value addition, renewable energy use in agriculture, water conservation, biotechnology for land reclamation, and expertise-sharing in organic farming and certification.