AKDN’s successful rice farming programme in Madagascar has been adapted to support rice farmers in Southern Tanzania.
AKDN / Lucas Cuervo Moura
AKDN / Lucas Cuervo Moura
During a recent conference on Sustainable Rice Finance in Karachi, Adnan Pasha Siddiqui, Chief of staff of Habib Bank Limited (HBL) discussed economic and strategic benefits of successful global rice trade and the role Pakistan’s agriculture and finance sector could play. The bank official shared HBL's interest and plans for sustainable development finance in food crops, especially rice. The event aimed to promote involvement of the private sector finance to expand and grow rice agriculture and trade.