The French Agency for International Business Development's Director, International Study, Mrs Anne Bernard has said that there is a wide scope of joint ventures between France and Pakistan in dairy and food processing sectors. She was talking to Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) Chief Executive Officer, Shahid Rashid during a meeting here on Thursday.
Anne Bernard said that she had arrived in Pakistan to carry out a study on milk sector in Pakistan; prospects for the dairy sector in Pakistan with focus on the market for dairy ingredients, milk powders and serum, milk fat, casein and derivatives, serum protein and lactose.
This study is a part of a larger work done in many countries including Latin America, North Africa, Asia-Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines-, Europe and Russia over recent years, she added. She expressed special interest to get awareness in the role played by Smeda in development of dairy sector in Pakistan.
She said that France was ready to transfer latest technology to Pakistan for improving milking equipment, meat genetics, fodder harvesting, meat processing, dairy nutrition and feed testing laboratories.
Earlier, Shahid Rashid apprised the French dairy expert about the role of Smeda in devising a comprehensive strategy for development of dairy sector. He said that Pakistan, falling in the group of five top milk-producing countries, had ample investment opportunities in commercial dairy farming, packaging and Mozzarella Cheese Production.
Sameera Neimat Rahoo, Commercial Attaché, Environment, Agriculture Agro Food Industries, Economic Department, Embassy of France in Pakistan, Smeda dairy expert Adnan Ali, Naureen Anjum and Samiullah Bajwa were also present in the meeting.