The Olive Culture Holistic and Multi-Professional Mechanism for a Pakistani Olive Oil Value Chain Project, funded by the Italian government, aims to enhance olive oil production and improve food security in Pakistan through technical assistance and training of the stakeholders.
A meeting of the steering committee on the project was held at the Ministry of National Food Security and Research. The ambassador of Italy to Pakistan Andreas Ferrarese, and the National Food Security and Research Secretary Zafar Hasan co-chaired the meeting.
The project began in March 2022 with the goal of establishing a multi-professional olive and olive oil value chain in Pakistan to boost olive production and improve food security through technical assistance and stakeholder training.
The governments of Pakistan and Italy are jointly executing the project through the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM-Bari), Italy, the Italian Agency for International Cooperation, the Pakistan Oilseed Department, and the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, with a total cost of 1.5 million.
The secretary remarked that every year the country spends precious foreign reserves on the import of edible olive oil, and this project will help to replace it with domestic production. He hoped that the private sector would multiply the project and take it forward.
The Italian ambassador said Pakistan has a huge potential for olives and Italy will continue to support...
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