{"id":38712,"date":"2024-12-10T23:27:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T23:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=38712"},"modified":"2024-12-10T23:27:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T23:27:44","slug":"deputy-minister-agriculture-uzbekistan-calls-on-minister-food-security-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/deputy-minister-agriculture-uzbekistan-calls-on-minister-food-security-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Minister Agriculture Uzbekistan Calls on Minister Food Security Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38714\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38714\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/61051.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/61051.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/61051-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/61051-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Federal Minister for National Food Security &amp; Research, Rana Tanveer Hussain presenting a shield to Deputy Minister Agriculture of Uzbekistan in Islamabad on December 10, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h5 class=\"photo_h2\">Islamabad: December 10, 2024 &#8211; Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Rana Tanveer Hussain, met with the Deputy Minister of Agriculture from Uzbekistan to strengthen agricultural cooperation.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"photo_h2\">The discussions focused on reviving potato exports and expanding bilateral trade. Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain warmly welcomed the Uzbek delegation and acknowledged their efforts to enhance bilateral ties.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"photo_h2\">He emphasized the historical and strategic significance of Pakistan-Uzbekistan relations, with agriculture serving as a cornerstone of mutual collaboration. The Minister also highlighted the outcomes of the 9th Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) as a key milestone, which has laid the groundwork for seamless and timely implementation of agreed initiatives.<\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38715\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38715\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uzbekistan_Agriculture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uzbekistan_Agriculture.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Uzbekistan_Agriculture-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Minister Agriculture of Uzbekistan along with a delegation called on Federal Minister for National Food Security &amp; Research, Rana Tanveer Hussain in Islamabad on December 10, 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h5 class=\"photo_h2\">Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain emphasized the strong historical ties between Pakistan and Uzbekistan, with agriculture as a cornerstone of collaboration. He highlighted Pakistan\u2019s position as the 14th largest potato producer, with Punjab contributing 97.8% of the national yield and exports to 37 countries.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"photo_h2\">Uzbekistan received 2,419 MT of potatoes in 2022 and 2,139 MT in 2023, though trade was suspended in 2024. A recent B2B session between exporters from both countries discussed pathways to revive this trade.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"photo_h2\">Pakistan reaffirmed its commitment to meet Uzbekistan\u2019s phytosanitary standards and proposed enhanced collaboration between quarantine authorities. The Federal Minister also suggested joint research initiatives for climate-resilient potato varieties and fostering direct partnerships between private sector entities.<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"photo_h2\">Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain concluded by expressing gratitude for Uzbekistan&#8217;s efforts to enhance trade and reiterated Pakistan\u2019s dedication to providing high-quality agricultural products.<\/h5>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JmouZtDTNN\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-april-may-2024\/\">Pakistan in the World \u2013 April \/ May 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pakistan in the World \u2013 April \/ May 2024&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/pakistan-in-the-world-april-may-2024\/embed\/#?secret=lVVysIVwdM#?secret=JmouZtDTNN\" data-secret=\"JmouZtDTNN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: December 10, 2024 &#8211; Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Rana Tanveer Hussain, met with the Deputy Minister of Agriculture from Uzbekistan to strengthen agricultural cooperation. The discussions focused on reviving potato exports and expanding bilateral trade. Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain warmly welcomed the Uzbek delegation and acknowledged their efforts to enhance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[1034,524,319,48,125],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38712"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38717,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38712\/revisions\/38717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}