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Mar 07, 2013
ASA’s World Initiative for Human Health Program (WISHH) was recently featured in a report by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service through the Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN).
Sami Khan (left), owner of Himalaya Fish Hatchery and Farm, and WISHH Country Representative R.S.N. Janjua show off Mr. Khan’s successful tilapia harvest. (WISHH photo)
WISHH’s three-year "FEEDing Pakistan" program, funded by USDA, has shown measurable results in aquaculture industry development. The GAIN report gave an overview of the project and highlighted the potential for an increase in U.S. soybean meal exports to Pakistan to be used for fish feed production.
The report forecasts a 525 percent increase in aquaculture production in Pakistan and an increase in demand for soybean meal from 42,000 tons to 260,000 tons.
WISHH Country Representative R.S.N. Janjua was in Washington, DC and St. Louis this week to report on project activities.
