A state-run Turkish aid agency donated new technology to Pakistan to fight locust attacks in the country, Anadolu Agency reported. The ULV vehicle-mounted and man-mounted machines along with pesticides were handed over by Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency’s (TIKA) officials to National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). The handover ceremony was also attended by Federal Food Security and Research Minister Fakhar Imam, Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Mustafa Yurdakul, and TIKA head in the capital Islamabad Gokhan Umut. “The government is working to modernize the agriculture sector in the country, and these machines will upgrade agricultural technology,” he said. In July 2019, Pakistan suffered its worst attack of locusts since 1993, for which the country was largely unprepared.

Source: Pakistan Today March 20, 2021 09:33 UTC