Chairman PTA stated while addressing the participants of a workshop on “What Can Telecommunications Do for Agriculture” which was organized in collaboration with LIRNEasia, a regional ICT Policy Think Tank, based in Sri Lanka.
The main theme of this joint initiative of PTA and LIRNEasia was to share international experiences and research with Pakistan, and to learn from successful telecom-agriculture models and improving agriculture productivity through increased usage of ICT.
Chairman PTA, Dr. Mohammed Yaseen said that Agriculture is the backbone of Pakistan’s economy as it accounts for 21% of national income, employs 45% of the country’s total workforce and provides livelihood to 60% of our rural community.
Similarly, Pakistan telecom sector is considered as an exemplary growth model around the globe and our agriculture sector can also be a model by adopting telecom and getting its benefits.
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Quelle/Source: Pakistan Today, 04.07.2012
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