ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Pakistan and Japan have decided to engage in a pilot project for conducting experimental cultivation of various local species of plants by using the ‘cultivation pot’ technology in different locations of Pakistan.

This was agreed during the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and Environment Measurement Services (EMS) of Japan, here on Thursday.

The EMS is engaged in research and development of materials and technologies for plantation of trees in difficult and dry terrains with emphasis on water-saving methodologies since 1973.

It would now introduce a special cultivation pot in the country, which was developed from environment-friendly recycled resources.

The PARC would enhance plantation in water-scarcity terrains of the country by using the ‘cultivation pot’ technology. The EMS would provide the technology to the PARC at lowest possible rates for the pilot project.