Premier of Saskatchewan (Canada) Brad Wall on Friday evinced keen interest in collaboration with Punjab in varied fields of agriculture, food technology, skill development, technical education besides dairying and livestock management.
Brad Wall, who was leading a Canadian delegation that called on Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, said that there was a huge scope of bilateral cooperation in these areas as both Punjab and Saskatchewan had demonstrated their strength and dominance in agriculture and allied farming due to their vast experience and expertise.
He apprised Badal that both the states were already working closely in the field of veterinary sciences adding that there was tremendous potential for the mutual cooperation in the other allied sectors of agriculture and animal husbandry. He also assured Badal of every technical help in the arena of food technology, food processing, agri bio-technology, post harvest management or handling and cold chain.
Welcoming Badal’s proposal for initiating farmer exchange program between both provinces, Brad Wall hoped that both of these states could be immensely benefited from this unique experiences. He opined that existing arrangements of Punjab Agriculture University (PAU) with Saskatchewan University in developing new varieties of oil-seeds especially Cannola could be extended to cover new areas on the lines of student exchange program with Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU).