By Qudsia Bano ISLAMABAD, March 16 (INP-WealthPK): Pakistan and Uzbekistan have agreed to improve their trade volume by road, air and train. The commitment was made during the visit of Uzbekistan's Minister of Agriculture Jamshid Khodjaev to Pakistan in early March, reported WealthPK. During the visit, Uzbekistan’s minister and the Federal Minister of National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam had a detailed meeting on ways to expand their trade ties. The two agreed that improved cooperation between Pakistan and Uzbekistan would increase North-South connectivity, particularly in relation to the CPEC. Fakhar Iman stressed that sharing of germplasm on a reciprocal basis could benefit both the countries in research and production of cotton, melon, cereal crops and other high-value horticultural crops and livestock. He said cooperation in cotton production methods and high-value horticulture commodities such as kinnow, dates and mangoes could be beneficial to Pakistan. He told the Uzbek minister that Pakistan had enormous export potential in citrus fruits, rice, mangoes, onion, potatoes, fishery and livestock, according to WealthPK. Uzbekistan, according to Fakhar Imam, offered mechanised knowledge that could benefit Pakistan. He said that the agriculture industry was being transformed under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan. He said that Pakistan’s agriculture sector was fast doing away with conventional approaches, and adapting to modernisation to increase productivity and bring diversity. He told the Uzbek minister that it was for the first time that billions of rupees had been invested in agricultural research under the prime minister’s initiative programme, resulting in record wheat, maize, and rice output, last year. The federal minister thanked the Uzbek minister for visiting Pakistan, noting that the two peoples enjoyed deep friendly relations. Jamshid Khodjaev stated that his country was willing to export melon, pomegranate, apple, watermelon, grapes, and cherries to Pakistan. He said that exchanging technologies for processing and adding value to fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products could benefit both countries. He said Uzbekistan had agreed to import meat from Pakistan. He stressed that technical collaboration in livestock breed development initiatives could help Pakistan enhance its cattle productivity. The Uzbek minister also welcomed Fakhar Imam's proposal to conduct exchanges between the university students and teachers of the two countries.