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Chinese experts to help save major crops from locust invasion
Last Updated: 2020-02-20 15:26 | Gwadar Pro
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by Hassan Chattha
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 20 (Gwadar Pro) - A team of Chinese experts is set to arrive in Pakistan by the end of this week to tackle locust menace wreaking havoc on staple crops, such as cotton and wheat, in the country. The measure is taken after a national emergency declared over the locust upsurge spreading in cotton and wheat fields. Pakistan stands to suffer from food shortages and sharp inflation if it fails to control the locust swarms.
Arriving in the summer of 2019, the swarms had grown to a problematic size in November, by which time the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a warning that the swarm has started to relocate from its traditional breeding grounds in the deserts of Cholistan to Tharparkar.
The federal government has declared an emergency this month, but to face the invasion of locusts decisively still remains challenging. Minister for National Food Security and Research Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtyar, in a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing, highlighted the dire need for urgent assistance by aerial support and pesticides to save the crops. 
The Chinese side responded promptly, saying that every kind of support would be provided. China hopes that Pakistan would export more agricultural products to them. A team of Chinese experts is meant to arrive by Sunday, and discuss with ministry officials and local Pakistani agricultural experts. They are set to visit the site and formulate plans to contain the issue as well as propose and design viable solutions and guide with their implementation. 
Timely action will help Pakistan save its crops and ensure that food safety of the people will not be negatively impacted. 
 

(Editor:刘其瑜)

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Chinese experts to help save major crops from locust invasion
Source:Gwadar Pro | 2020-02-20 15:26
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