KARACHI: Pakistan’s National Food Security ministry on Wednesday hoped its proposed collaboration with the UAE would result in establishing modern processing plants and increasing value addition to boost the country’s date exports.
Pakistan’s National Food Security Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain held a virtual meeting with a UAE delegation to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the date sector, the food ministry said in a statement. Both sides reviewed potential areas of collaboration and investment to boost Pakistan’s date exports.
Hussain shared during the meeting that Pakistan’s annual production of dates has reached over half a million tons, which is cultivated on more than 100,000 hectares of land. He stressed that major date producing regions include Balochistan and Sindh, where popular varieties such as Aseel, Muzawati, Dhakki, Rabbi, Begum Jangi, Karbala and Khudri are grown.
“The Federal Secretary, Ameer Muhyuddin, reaffirmed the Ministry’s commitment to translating this cooperation into tangible results,” the statement said.
“He emphasized that the proposed collaboration with the UAE would help in establishing modern date processing plants, improving value addition, and enhancing Pakistan’s competitiveness in the global market.”
