The MoU aims to develop the agriculture sector by encouraging scientists, researchers, faculty members and students from both institutes. Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GXAAS) China and Sindh Agriculture University…

The MoU aims to develop the agriculture sector by encouraging scientists, researchers, faculty members and students from both institutes.

Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GXAAS) China and Sindh Agriculture University (SAU) Tandojam, Pakistan has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for research and development and information sharing in sugarcane, rice, and other food crops, specifically in the deltaic region.

The MoU aims to develop the agriculture sector by encouraging scientists, researchers, faculty members and students from both institutes to cope with the challenges of food security and impacts of climate change on crops in the region.

As per the MoU, experts from GXAAS would setup crop variety technological demonstration plot for germplasm development at SAU sub-campus Umerkot for development of dry land agriculture.

The MoU would help in fundamental research in biotechnology, crops variety demonstration and evaluation, germplasm exchange, training programme, scientific information exchange, reception of postdoctoral candidates from Pakistan, talented youth scientists programme, and split MSc MPhil and PhD programme.