The Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi inaugurated the second three-day agricultural festival at the experimental field of the agriculture and agribusiness management department on Thursday.
Addressing the inaugural ceremony, he emphasized that although Pakistan claims to be an agricultural country with an economy based on agriculture, in reality it cannot even produce enough to meet its own needs and has to import food products.
He believed that modern technology could revolutionize the agricultural sector, make Pakistan self-sufficient in agricultural production, and enable it to export surplus produce. Dr Khalid Iraqi stressed that innovation in farming techniques and meaningful research are essential. He added that self-sufficiency in agriculture is crucial for any nation’s self-reliance.
He appreciated the department of agriculture and agribusiness management for arranging the agricultural festival and mentioned that the visits of industrialists, manufacturers, farmers, and others would help in interacting with faculty and students and hopefully, they would work as a team to produce fruitful results.