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Commerce Minister emphasises for developing agriculture

September 29, 2017

GENEVA, Sep 29 (INP) The Minister for Commerce and Textiles, Mr. Pervaiz Malik emphasized the importance of Agritrade and agribusiness for developing countries like Pakistan that derive their livelihoods predominantly from agriculture. While speaking at the WTO Public Forum event organized by FAO and UNIDO the Minister stressed the importance of developing agriculture through access to newer technologies, focusing on the rural economy, integration of agrarian countries into global and regional value chains and providing a level playing field to farmers and agriculture exporters from small countries. He also highlighted the significance of climate change and food security for developing countries as major challenges and called for agricultural productivity. INP/AH