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Apr 11, 2013
Last week ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) program participated in the 2013 DAWN Agri Conference & Expo in Lahore, Pakistan. The ASA/WISHH booth highlighted its work with the Pakistani aquaculture industry as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded "FEEDing Pakistan" program.
Close to 1,500 people visited the booth, representing various members of the aquaculture industry, including: members of academia, feed millers, fish farmers, entrepreneurs and Pakistani government officials.
ASA/WISHH Country Representative R.S.N. Janjua (center), meets with Agricultural Counselor Richard Todd Drennan (left) and U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Olson at the DAWN Agri Conference & Expo in Lahore, Pakistan. (WISHH photo)
The Honorable Richard G. Olson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, Richard Todd Drennan, Agricultural Counselor, and Nina Maria Fite, U.S. Consul General in Lahore, received a briefing on the FEEDing Pakistan program from ASA/WISHH Country Representative R.S.N. Janjua at the ASA/WISHH booth. The group was pleased to hear about the development of tilapia production in the country.
Janjua also presented on the Soy Value Chain at the Expo on behalf of ASA/WISHH.
