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Farmers need help to meet WTO challenges
HYDERABAD, April 7: Speakers at a seminar on the
WTO regime have stressed the need for enhancing
the capacity of growers, millers and exporters to
compete in the world market. The seminar was
jointly organized by the Action Aid Programme and
Green Rural Development Organization at a local
hotel on Monday.
Speaking on the occasion, Roshan Malik said the
farmers of the country lacked the capacity to
understand the impact of World Trade Organization
and agreements relating to the agriculture sector.
He explained in detail the working of WTO and
urged the media to play its due role in
highlighting the challenges of the WTO regime for
the benefit of stakeholders. Mr Malik said almost
all the countries provided high subsidies to the
agriculture sector but Pakistan did not do so.
He stressed the need for extending help to the
farming community for meeting the challenges of
the WTO regime. He said there was a dire need to
debate the WTO issue right from grass root level
to parliament and added that the research
institutes should also be involved in formulating
agricultural policies.
Ms Mehnaz said quality of produce would be of
paramount importance in the WTO regime and added
that this was a great challenge for the farming
community. She pointed out Pakistan did not have
the laboratories to check the standard and
quality. She said these standards became obstacles
and barriers for our exports. Sohail Khan, Nazeer
Memon, Jam Saqi and others also spoke on the
occasion.
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Pakissan.com; Advisory Point
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