On 2 July 2025 a ‘Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Agricultural Machinery Standards and Testing Codes Development’ was held at the National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC). The workshop was organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in collaboration with CSAM, PARC and the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), to support the establishment of a testing centre in Pakistan, along with the adoption of relevant international standards and testing codes in the framework of CSAM’s initiative titled Asian and Pacific Network for Testing of Agricultural Machinery (ANTAM).