LAHORE: (APP) A `Livestock Technology Park' will be set up under the Public Sector Development Programme at Pattoki.
The University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore has planned the park at its Ravi Campus Pattoki, this was informed at a consultative meeting of UVAS here on Friday.
Vice Chancellor UVAS Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha and renowned industrialist Syed Yawar Ali jointly chaired the meeting and sought suggestions from the stakeholders about the technology park.
Speaking on the occasion, the vice chancellor said it was an era of knowledge-based economy and planning the park was a step by the UVAS towards this direction.
He said the technology park would contribute enormously to development of livestock, dairy and related sectors by addressing the issues/problems of these sectors.
He said in the establishment of Livestock Technology Park, the UVAS will have partnership/collaboration of Agriculture University Peshawar, Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojm and Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences Baluchistan and the livestock and Dairy Development Department Punjab.
He said that technology park would have components of `livestock information management, livestock breeding, genetics and genomics, livestock product development, livestock entrepreneurship,livestock exhibition, technology transfer and display centre etc.
He also spoke about university's research, training and extension projects and said that the technology park will add value and strengthen these services.
He said the UVAS would also seek input from the University of Engineering and Technology Lahore in this project.