Chinese canola crop transforms Pakistan's cooking oil industry, boosts local economy

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Chinese canola crop transforms Pakistan's cooking oil industry, boosts local economy

STORY: Chinese canola crop transforms Pakistan's cooking oil industry, boosts local economy DATELINE: June 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: GUJRANWALA, Pakistan CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the crop fields 2. various of the cooking oil industry 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Urdu): IRFAN JAVED, Cooking oil extraction machine owner 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Urdu): MUHAMMAD RIZWAN, Seed distributor 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Urdu): MUHAMMAD AZIM, Team leader of Evyol group STORYLINE: Irfan Javed, a cooking oil extraction machine owner in Pakistan has seen a business boom when customers flock to his shop with freshly harvested Chinese canola crop to extract oil. The crop is produced locally under an agreement between Chinese company Wuhan Qingfa Hesheng Seed Co. Ltd and Pakistani company Evyol Group. SOUNDBITE 1 (Urdu): IRFAN JAVED, Cooking oil extraction machine owner "Initially, only the farmers who planted the Chinese canola visited our shop but gradually the number of visitors increased when people became aware of t

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