Multan, Pakistan: First time in the history of Pakistan, cotton-picking equipment and tractors (cotton harvesters) from Uzbekistan are busy to pick cotton in Pakistan at Cotton Research Institute Multan.
Testing phase for cotton-picking was done at Cotton Research Institute, Multan successfully, commented an official source from Research institute who also said that a detail report about successful test had been sent to federal government in this regard.
It is pertinent to mention that government of Uzbekistan through Uzbek Export Corporation offered Pakistan support for enhancing capacity in agriculture field and an agreement was signed between the two countries when Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Ulugbek Rozikulov, visited Pakistan.
Pakistan is struggling to increase per-acre yield and needs technologically advanced agricultural equipment while Uzbekistan is far ahead in producing technologically advanced agricultural equipment. Agricultural experts believe that Uzbekistan is producing mechanised agriculture machinery, which is far better than the machinery produced in Pakistan, India and China and the cultivation through mechanised machinery can double the yield in Pakistan.
Cotton-picking equipment and tractors from Uzbekistan reached Pakistan by road through Afghanistan and now busy in field at Cotton Research Institute Multan. A team of experts from Cotton Research Institute visited Uzbekistan in recent past to review possibility of collaboration of experts of both the countries in the agriculture sector.
