Secretary Agriculture Punjab Nader Chattha has said that wheat crop would be cultivated over 16 million acres of land in the province this year and the government was trying its optimum best and taking all possible measures to ensure provision of quality agricultural inputs to farmers.
Addressing a Farmer’s Day function, he said that last year, the Faisalabad division in Punjab province got the highest average wheat yield of 38 maunds per acre. Now, it’s the time that farmers should cultivate wheat over maximum area with national spirit so that the food security could be achieved, he added.
He said that the government was contemplating to reduce input cost of the crops in addition to providing quality fertilizers and pesticides so that the farmers could get abundant production of the wheat during Rabi 2023-24.
He directed the officers of Agriculture (Extension) Department to take immediate steps to ensure provision of quality agricultural inputs in the market. He also directed to take action against the profiteers and illegal hoarders without any discrimination so as to save the farmers from economic exploitation.—APP
