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CABI is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Babar Bajwa as Regional Director, Central and West Asia. Dr Bajwa, an award winning agricultural researcher, joined CABI today and is based in our office in Pakistan. He brings with him a wealth of expertise in agribusiness, essential for a region where small-scale farming is widespread, employing a large percentage of the population and contributing heavily towards GDP.

The Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) is funding CABI to stimulate local markets in Punjab, Pakistan, by developing and training poor, vulnerable and unskilled people from four districts of South Punjab, namely Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Muzaffargarh and Lodhran. The aim is to enhance their skills and allow them to gain better jobs, self-employment and generate income opportunities. Eventually the trainees will contribute towards food security and the lives of the rural poor by utilising these skills.