STAFF REPORTER
ISLAMABAD Over 3.022 million sacks (bardana) of 100 kg has so far been distributed among farmers across the grains producing areas of the country under current year ’s w heat procurement campaign. The sacks were distributed among grain producers in order to facilitate them to sell their produces on official fixed rates at the centres being established by the government. The Punjab Government has so far provided 1.322 million bags to farmers as the province was tasked to procure about 4.500 million tons of wheat during current procurement season, said Food Security Commis sioner Dr Imtiaz Ahmed Gopang. Talking to APP here on Sunday, he said that the Sindh Government w as the second largest staple grain producer of the country has also distributed 1.700 million bags among its growers as the province would procure about 1.400 million tons of wheat during this season. Meanwhile, Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Services Corporation (PASSCO) has provided 1.094 million bags as it would procure about 1.8 million tons of wheat in order to fulfill the domestic requirements as well as keeping the strategic reserves, he added. How ever, he said that bardana distributions in Khyber Pakhtunkhw a and Balochista n w ere not initiated, adding that as soon as the harvesting start in these provinces, sacks would also be provided to the farmers of these area s too, he added.
