The Japanese Agricultural Cooperative Organisation (JA) will assist with exports of Pakistani mangoes as part of an agreement that will also include investment in Pakistan’s primary produce industry.
A delegation of JA representatives recently met with Pakistan’s minister of food and agriculture Nazar Muhammed Gondal, to discuss opportunities for the JA to invest in dairy and horticulture developments, reported Pakistani newspaper the Daily Times.
As well as providing investment opportunities to its members, the JA also supplies farm machinery, the paper reported.
“We have ample business and investment opportunities for the Japanese investors in Pakistan. We are the world’s fourth-largest milk producer, and technology to produce by-products from milk would prove extremely beneficial for the Japanese investors,” said Mr Gondal.“We offer a business conducive environment, and opportunities with simple procedures to enter into business deals.”
Pakistan is one of the world’s top producers of mangoes, with exports last year totalling 132,000 tonnes.
