Pakistan, China ink $4.5bn MoUs in agri, food sectors

Pakistani and Chinese companies have signed seventy-nine Memoranda of Understanding worth 4.5 billion dollars, signaling confidence of Chinese investors in Pakistan's agriculture and food sectors.

This was revealed by Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain, while talking to the media in Islamabad today.

He said these MoUs were signed during the recently concluded Pakistan-China Agri Investment Conference.

Rana Tanveer Hussain highlighted that investment agreements were concluded across ten high-impact agricultural and allied sub-sectors. These include; food processing and value addition, agri-technology, seeds and plant protection, livestock and dairy, meat and poultry, fruits and vegetables, fisheries and aquaculture, animal feed, post-harvest infrastructure, and agricultural inputs.

The Minister said the scale and depth of investment commitments reflect a decisive shift from dialogue to on-ground, investment-led collaboration. He added that the conference was specifically structured to deliver tangible outcomes through direct B2B matchmaking, targeted sectoral engagement and project-based investment facilitation, rather than conventional discussions.

Rana Tanveer Hussain emphasized that these investments will modernize Pakistan's agricultural value chains, introduce advanced production and processing technologies, and significantly enhance productivity.

He said the inflow of capital and technology is expected to generate large-scale employment, particularly in rural areas, strengthen farm-to-market linkages, and reduce post-harvest losses, thereby improving farmer incomes and rural livelihoods.