National Agriculture Education Accreditation Council (NAEAC) Chairman M.E Tusneem on Thursday said that modernization of agriculture production systems and supply chain into high value agriculture products are prerequisite to boost up agriculture growth, sustainable food security, and to alleviate poverty.

National Agriculture Education Accreditation Council (NAEAC) Chairman M.E Tusneem on Thursday said that modernization of agriculture production systems and supply chain into high value agriculture products are prerequisite to boost up agriculture growth, sustainable food security, and to alleviate poverty. He along with ten members team of NAEAC, HEC visited the University of Agriculture Faisalabad and the visited the departments including Plant Beading and Genetics; Agronomy; Institute of Soil Sciences ; Institute of Horticultural Sciences and Quality Enhancement Cell of the varsity. He said that they were making all-out efforts to evolve mechanism of quality assurance of agriculture education to come up to current and emerging challenges of knowledge economy. He said that modern agriculture had become technology driven based on knowledge. He said that the NAEAC is mandated to implement agriculture education degree programs accreditation based on HEC policies to assure high quality and standards of education. He appreciated the steps being taken on the part of the varsity for the agricultural education and to cope with the challenges of the food security. Dean Faculty of Agriculture Prof Dr Muhammad Amjad Aulak said that the agriculture was the backbone of our economy. He said that they were taking all possible measures to produce the skilled manpower having the knowledge of modern agriculture. He said that UAF was only institution in the country which is ranked among the top 100 universities worldwide in any category. QEC Director Dr Abdul Khaliq said that the concept of Quality Assurance in institutions of higher learning enhances levels of international compatibility through capacity building. He said QEC was determined to improve the quality of higher education at the varsity, bringing it at the par with international universities. We are making all out efforts to implement the guidelines and policies of Quality Assurance Agency Higher Commission Education (HEC) in its true spirit. The other members of the NAEAC, HEC delegation included Dr Muhammad Bismillahm Dr Fayyaz ul Hassan, Dr Dil Nawaz Gardezi, Dr Shahid Masood, Dr Tahir Saleem, Dr Safdar, Dr Jamil, Dr Noor-ul-Amin, Dr Naseer Alam Khan, and Dr Raja Mehtab. UAF’s Dr Ahrar Ahmad Khan , Dr Hafiz Sadaqat, Dr Riaz Ahmad, Dr Javed Akhtar, Dr Amanullah, Dr Ahmad Sattar, Dr Muhammad Farooq, Dr Fatima Usman, and other notables spoke on the occasion