Pakistan offers free farmland to Japanese tsunami victims

[American Pakistani]

Pakistan offers free farmland to Japanese tsunami victims

TOKYO: Pakistan is ready to offer free agriculture land to Japanese farmers who lost their crops and land in the March earthquake and tsunami, Tariq Puri, chief executive of the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) said in a meeting with Japanese officials.

Japanese farmers could grow all the crops they want in Pakistan and re-export the produce to Japan without any conditions, Puri said during a meeting with the Japan’s Vice Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Shuji Yamada in Tokyo.

“This offer is exclusively for the earthquake and tsunami victims from the government of Pakistan,” the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan chief said.

The Japanese farmer would bring the technology to Pakistan, which would help Pakistan to increase its agriculture growth and also increase the Pakistani export to Japan, Puri said.

Shuji Yamada appreciated the Pakistani offer.

He acknowledeged the cordial trade and political relations that exist between Pakistan and Japan.

Yamada lauded the efforts of the Pakistani community in the relief and rehabilitation work after the March catastrophe.

The Pakistani officials requested the Vice Minister of Agriculture to help lift the ban on the Pakistani Kinno.

The Japanese government has recently allowed the import of Pakistani mangoes while restriction remains on the Pak kinno.

Yamada said that he would discuss the issue of Pakistani mandarin with the Prime Minister of Japan.

 

[American Pakistani]

http://http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=59188&Cat=3&dt=7/24/2011

Courtesy: The NEWS.

 

[Awesome]

The weirdest charity offer. But its good too, I mean they can bring in Japanese tech too... As long as its like lease for a brief period for to help the Japanese fulfill their food supply.

 

[ali_raza]

idher apne log bhuke phir rahe hia or japan ko land free me mil rahi hai......it is same like we heard before of a land lease of 1million Acres to saudia,,,,,

 

[Tshering22]

That's a really generous offer from Pakistan. I am sure Japanese would appreciate it.

 

[luckyyy]

does the pakistani farmers agree to hand over their agricultural lands to japanies ?

 

[Jango]

does the pakistani farmers agree to hand over their agricultural lands to japanies ?

there is only 30% of usable land being used, the rest is just lying there waiting to somebody come and plough them, lets hope that japanese come and bring new techniques and do some good. But our farmer is very ignorant and does not use new seeds and other stuff, same goes for our government, they have absolutely no plan or project to make and promote new seeds and other advances in tech.

 

[Vibs]

Charitable offer. But wouldn't these Japanese be sitting ducks to extremists who could manipulate this for their own agenda??

 

[Zabaniyah]

Charitable offer. But wouldn't these Japanese be sitting ducks to extremists who could manipulate this for their own agenda??

Relax, it's just farmland.