HARIPUR, Sept 15: The small farmers can collective overcome the threats they face after the introduction of Generally Modified Organisms (GMOs).

This was stated by Director-General, Norwegian Agency for Development Corporation (Norad), Tove Strand, while speaking to community partners of the village Chanjian and Dhak during her visit to the field area of Sungi Development Foundation in Haripur on Sunday.

Alf Arne Ramslien, Deputy Ambassador, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Ms Mya Frion and Saadi Hamdani, human rights coordinator accompanied her on this occasion.

Ms Strand said that like their Pakistani counterparts, the small farmers of Norway to are planning to act against the GMOs for their economic, social, and health-related implications.

However, she emphatically underlined the need for exploring the possibilities of cooperation and coordination among the individual from different countries.

The visiting dignitary praised the advocacy initiatives by Sungi in collaboration with its area partners.

Akhtar Bibi of village Dhak and Haji Banaras of village Chajian briefed the Norad team of the progress they had made with Sungi’s help.

The woman partners lauded the efforts of Sungi pertaining to the craft and micro-credit programme, for enabling them to offset their family income.

The team also looked around the craft stalls, set up by the community partners and evinced interest in the local handicraft, particularly embroidered items.