What Happened: Pakistan’s Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB) and Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) has received outstanding achievement award from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Backstory: A press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly conferred Outstanding Achievement Award on Pakistan’s Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB). A Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) scientist also earned the Young Scientist Award for the work in plant mutation breeding and related technologies. The Team Achievement Award for work has also gone to a group of four scientists in the PAEC. The awards certificates will be presented during the IAEA’s 65th General Conference in September 2021.
Another achievement for Pakistan’s nuclear program and our scientists.
Pakistan Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology (NIAB) and PAEC scientists win awards from the IAEA and FAO. pic.twitter.com/7Kqe6lSy3k
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“Extensive civilian nuclear applications in Pakistan are directly contributing to the well-being of the people and national development in the areas of public health, medicine, agriculture, industry and nuclear power generation,” the statement said. Click here for more from Propergaanda.