National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) ( ur, ) is a research institution of the

Pakistan Agricultural Research Council The Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) () is based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Mission and achievements It works in collaboration with Ministry of National Food Security and Research which is headed by a Federal Minister, Tariq Bashir Ch ...

(PARC) based in

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. It works in collaboration with

Ministry of National Food Security and Research The Ministry of National Food Security & Research or Ministry of Agricultulre ( ur, '', wazarat-e- baraye qaumi tehqeeq o hfzanِ taghzia, Pakistan'' (abbreviated as MoA) is a Cabinet of Pakistan, Cabinet-level ministerial department of Governme ...

which is headed by a Federal Minister,

Khusro Bakhtiar Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar (; born 7 July 1967) is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Pakistan's Federal Minister for Industries & Production. Previously, he has served as Federal Minister of Economic Affairs, Federal Minister of Nat ...

. He is heading the ministry since 19 November 2019.

Recent events

*In 2015,

Chief Justice of Pakistan } The Chief Justice of Pakistan (Urdu: ) (Initialism, initials as CJP) is head of the court system of Pakistan (the Judiciary of Pakistan, judicature branch of Government of Pakistan, government) and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Paki ...

intervened and took notice on a land issue that involved converting land owned by National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) into a residential housing society scheme. *In October 2019,

World Food Day World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year worldwide on October 16 to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. The day is celebrated widely by many other organization ...

was observed at an event at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) in Islamabad. This event was organized by the

United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...

, Pakistan's

(PARC) and the

World Food Programme The World Food Programme; it, Programma alimentare mondiale; es, Programa Mundial de Alimentos; ar, برنامج الأغذية العالمي, translit=barnamaj al'aghdhiat alealami; russian: Всемирная продовольствен� ...

(WFP). The theme for 2019 was – 'Our actions are our future: healthy diets for a zero hunger world'.Experts call for action to make healthy food accessible to all
The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 17 October 2019, Retrieved 31 December 2019

References

External links

NARC-PARC official website
Pakistan federal departments and agencies Science and technology in Pakistan Constituent institutions of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission {{Sci-org-stub