LAHORE, Nov 06 (APP):A four-day international workshop on ‘Improving Agricultural Productivity through Mechanization’ jointly organized by National Productivity Organization (NPO), Pakistan, and Asian Productivity Organization (APO), Tokyo, Japan started at a local hotel on Monday.
The workshop would be attended by 19 overseas participants from 10 APO member countries, 07 local participants and sessions would be delivered by the international resource speakers from Japan, Thailand and Pakistan.
The main aim of this workshop was to promote understanding of the latest technologies and measures for mechanization in agriculture, policies and frameworks to support mechanization on small farms. Farm mechanization was viewed as a package of technology to ensure timely field operations, increased productivity, reduced crop losses and improved quality of grain or product.
