A two-day mango festival concluded at Multan Cotton Research Institute on Tuesday. It was jointly inaugurated by Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Margaret Adamson and Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan. The mango festival was organised by the Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture Multan in collaboration with the Mango Research Institute Multan.
Vice Chancellor of the university Professor Dr Asif Ali praised all the stakeholders and organisers for arranging a successful event. "Mango is our prime exporting product and by improving productivity through adoption of modern pre-and post-harvest management techniques, a substantial amount of foreign exchange can be earned," he told the audience.
The high commissioner of Australia said her country and Pakistan had strong linkages in the agriculture sector and several projects of mutual interest were at various stages of development. A new programme worth US 12 million dollars had also been launched in Pakistan, he said. Margaret Adamson said that Pakistan and Australia enjoyed cordially relationships in various fields especially in the agriculture sector.
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