Karachi
The Sindh government has written a letter to the federal government seeking a ban on import of tomatoes and steps for export of onion. Sindh’s Agriculture Department in the letter said that Sindh produces most of the tomatoes and onion crops yield in Pakistan and the crops are ripe for harvest. “Sindh is expected to achieve a good yield of tomatoes and onion this year,” Sindh’s Agriculture Minister Ismail Rahu said.“The farmers could not receive an appropriate price of these crops due to import of tomatoes and a ban on export of onions,” Rahu stated. “They have also protested in Sindh against import of tomatoes,” the minister said.
The letter said that Sindh cultivated onion crop on 57,900 hectares in year 2019-20 and produced 782,140 metric tonnes of onions, while the crop has been cultivated at 58,200 hectares this year.—TLTP
