China and Pakistan join hands in flaxseed to Reduce oil imports
The newly-unveiled Flax Study Research and Innovation Hub between China and Pakistan by Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, is expanding the horizons of agricultural cooperation between the two countries. The two sides are working together on variety selection and breeding, planting technology improvement, etc, aiming to reduce both countries’ dependence on imports when it comes to edible oil.
Pakistan is one of the largest importers of edible oil across the globe, and the insufficiency of edible oil in the country keeps expanding. At present, although China is the world major flaxseed processer with an annual processing capacity of about 1 million tons, about 60 Percent of flaxseeds are imported. So China and Pakistan face the same cha...