RAWALPINDI - Two-day virtual international camel conference ended in Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) here on Friday. In the conference, Prof. Dr Qamar-uz-Zaman, Vice-Chancellor of the university, was chief guest along with the Founding President Camel Association of Pakistan Prof. Dr M Younas. During his address, Prof. Dr Qamar-uz-Zaman said that with increasing human population of the world and adverse climate change impacts, the issue of food security has surfaced. In order to combat this issue, there is a need to explore a new world of resources and camels are amazing with extraordinary resilience in changing environments as they can serve the most useful addition to the food supply chain in terms of milk, meat and other products, he said. While appreciating the effort for the awareness about the camel importance he said that it is a matter of concern that despite having high breed camels in Pakistan, we have not been able to draw attention to its farming and its usage for milk and meat. He called upon to conduct national level surveys to formulate the data driven planning where industry would be attracted to its commercial viability. He also ensured the support of PMAS AAUR for promoting camel use. Earlier speakers emphasised upon exploring and sharing the potential and future of this creature under the climate change circumstances as it can sustain hot, harsh and hostile environments easily without compromising on their productive and reproductive capabilities. Later, the participants organised a walk comprising camel riding aiming to create awareness of camel production.