Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Department of Plant Protection has trained 50 agriculture officers of Sindh province in order to mitigate the desert locust attacks and avoid damage threat to seasonal crops standing over million of hectares across province. Meanwhile, about 153,665 km2 area has been surveyed. Out of this, 50,148 km2 was in Sindh, said an official in the Ministry of National Food Security and Research.
Talking to media, he said that on the directives of Prime Minister Imran Khan, an amount of Rs 1 billion was also released to combat the locust threat. For the purpose of survey and control, he said that agencies like National Disaster Management Authority and provincial agricultural departments.
