Canadian province keen on collaboration in grain storage, food security tech

CHANDIGARH: Canadian Global Water Security Institute in Saskatoon will transfer water treatment technologies to tackle the chronic problem of brackish water besides water-logging in southern Punjab. This was announced by agriculture minister of Saskatchewan (Canada) Lyle Stewart on the third day of Progressive Punjab Agricultural Summit at Chappar Chiri.

Leading a delegation of agriculture experts, Stewart said collaboration with Punjab in grain storage, technologies in food security, bio-sciences will be explored. He met with CM Prakash Singh Badal and said there was a need to take to the farmer exchange program forward. He extended an invitation to Punjab delegation for a Farm Show to be held in June this year.