Staff Reporter
Karachi
Former Chairman Standing Committee on Agriculture of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Ahmad Jawad on Thursday asked the government to prioritise agriculture sector in its economic planning to avert shortages of essential goods.
We have been experimenting with different ideas like rapid industrialization and private sector investments in the services sector in an attempt to give the economy a boost, and for it to function beyond the sphere of agricultural influence, however, the situation remained economically precarious. “We have to understand that it is only a preponderate agriculture sector that would guarantee a prosperous future for country”. Food security and to increase yields have been the top priorities for all developed countries. They have been exploring new avenues to achieve their targets of food self-sufficiency. Whereas we are still banking upon the primitive and antiquated ways of research at NARC and PARC. The budget allocation for the agriculture sector had been slashed by 48 per cent in current fiscal.
