FAISALABAD: US Pakistan Knowledge Corridor will prove the milestone to make development and get benefit from each other experiences.
This was stated by the experts at a seminar on curriculum revision arranged by US Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) in Agriculture and Food Security, University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) here on Friday.
UAF Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan said that the UAF was a partner with the University of California, USA under the CAS-AFS that would help ensuring food security with the capacity building and research programmes.
He said that food security was the one of major challenges for which all tangible steps were being taken.
He said that the joint efforts with the US partners would help addressing the issue of agriculture and rural development.
Dr Mahmod Ul Hassan Butt from Higher Education Commission said that the knowledge corridor between the US and Pakistan would open up new avenue of cooperation to ensure the food security.
He said the government had planned to double the spending on the education. He said that curriculum reforms were being made to meet the challenges of the modern era.
US University of California USA Professors Dr Allen Conley presented the model of veterinary sciences of UC Davis. He said that 160 faculty members were working at the UC Davis of the veterinary sciences.
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Veterinary Sciences Vice Chancellor Dr K.B Mirbahar, Dean Zafar Randhawa, Prof Dr Zafar Iqbal Qureshi, Dr Sajjad, Dr Thomas Rost, Dr James Hill, Dr Nancy and other notables also spoke on the occasion.
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