{"id":9053,"date":"2021-02-01T12:31:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T12:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=9053"},"modified":"2021-02-01T12:31:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T12:31:37","slug":"dairy-development-cooperation-2078-cattle-reached-pakistan-from-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/dairy-development-cooperation-2078-cattle-reached-pakistan-from-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairy Development Cooperation &#8211; 2078 Cattle Reached Pakistan from USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"m_824514061035273088size-14\" lang=\"x-size-14\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9054\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cattle-usa-e1612182494126.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"320\" \/>Islamabad; 01 Feb 2021 &#8211; A shipment of 2,078 U.S. cattle arrived at the port of Karachi on January 27, 2021.\u00a0 As a result of the strong partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Pakistan dairy sector, cattle shipments from the United States continue to supply Pakistan with high-quality bovine stock for its dairy and beef herds.<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"m_824514061035273088size-14\" lang=\"x-size-14\">Roughly 95 percent of the cattle in this year\u2019s first shipment are U.S. Holstein dairy cattle, which, thanks to U.S. livestock genetics, produce milk yields that are substantially higher than Holsteins imported from other countries.\u00a0 The remaining animals are Jersey dairy cattle, noted for their high milk fat content, and Braham beef cattle, noted for their high-quality beef.\u00a0 All breeds have the genetic potential to adapt to Pakistan\u2019s climate.\u00a0 At least two more shipments of U.S. cattle are expected to arrive before the end of March 2021, when the cattle shipping season closes.<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"m_824514061035273088size-14\" lang=\"x-size-14\">Pakistan\u2019s demand for milk is increasing, and the introduction of U.S. dairy cows is helping Pakistan reduce the gap between milk demand and supply, thereby contributing significantly to ensuring sustainable food security in the country.<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"m_824514061035273088size-14\" lang=\"x-size-14\">Agriculture is Pakistan\u2019s second-largest economic sector, accounting for nearly 20 percent of GDP in fiscal year 2019-2020.\u00a0 It remains by far the largest employer, accounting for nearly 40 percent of Pakistan\u2019s labor force.\u00a0 For the nearly 63 percent of the Pakistani population living in rural areas, agriculture is a vital part of their daily life.\u00a0 The U.S. government partners with Pakistani scientists and farmers to improve agricultural productivity.\u00a0 The U.S. government has also supported the development of a model dairy farm at the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pattoki Campus, near Lahore, and to familiarize the Pakistani dairy sector about the unique characteristics of the U.S. cattle breeds that have been imported into Pakistan.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad; 01 Feb 2021 &#8211; A shipment of 2,078 U.S. cattle arrived at the port of Karachi on January 27, 2021.\u00a0 As a result of the strong partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Pakistan dairy sector, cattle shipments from the United States continue to supply Pakistan with high-quality bovine stock for its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,35],"tags":[914,55,915,48,122],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9053"}],"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=9053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9055,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9053\/revisions\/9055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}