The NPO Pakistan and APO Secretariat organized a face-to-face workshop on Benchmarking of Agrimechanization Models to Enhance Agricultural Productivity in Lahore, Pakistan, from 11–14 November. The objective was to give participants a better understanding of benchmarking models for agricultural mechanization, best practices, sound plans suitable for local conditions, and key points to enhance agricultural productivity through appropriate mechanization models.

Twenty-six participants from nine APO members completed the workshop, guided by three resource persons from Japan and Pakistan. There was also a site visit to Millat Tractors Limited (MTL), an agricultural machinery manufacturing company in Lahore, which allowed participants to see and learn about its efforts to organize the manufacturing process and introduce kaizen (improvement) activities. At the end of the workshop, participants gave presentations on what they had learned and plans for utilizing it in their contexts.