ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has approved nine development projects totalling Rs25.19 billion and recommended another project worth Rs10.671bn to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) for approval.

The CDWP meeting, chair­­ed by Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, held on Saturday, reviewed 10 projects with a total cost of Rs35.86bn.

An official announcement stated that the focus of development projects was on key sectors, including food and agriculture, higher education, information technology, power, and transport and communications.

The CDWP approved Rs990 million for a project on a speed breeding platform for the development of climate-smart hybrid crops.

The minister directed that all stakeholders, including the private sector, should be engaged in setting research and seed development agenda. “We need to develop high weather resistant and productivity seeds using hybrid technology”, he........

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