As per this memorandum, the SU and DSP would cooperate through evaluating the biorisk factors associated with commercial farming, transportation, slaughtering, processing and marketing of livestock, poultry and fisheries products and human health and veterinary clinical practices. This would be targeted at achieving the two sustainable goals of DSP for self-employment of youth and hygienic food production for the people of Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA.
In addition, the two signatories will also develop a biorisk management curriculum for incorporation of the concepts into syllabi of Pakistani Universities and launching new undergraduate and graduate degree programs for evaluating biorisk factors and their management associated with commercial farming, processing, transportation and marketing of livestock, poultry and fisheries products, and also provides support in training of selected faculty, scientists, students of SU experts from various disciplines of biological sciences, industry representatives, biomedical professionals, local livestock, poultry and fish farmers and policy makers for public health safety and minimizing the threats of zoon-tic diseases.
The bilateral initiative will also work towards improving the productivity, products quality and reducing the production cost of products across the food value chain, covering milk, meat, eggs, fruits and vegetables, which will be utilized for entrepreneurship development for young men and women, and also in the production of Halal foods for local consumers and exporters that would be achieved by launching the academia-industrial linkages, especially with the support of Konya techno-park, Turkey.