Wheat stocks of the country recorded at over 5.614 million tons, which were sufficient to tackle local consumption as well as maintaining the strategic reserves till the arrival of the next crop.
The carry forward reserves of grains during the week in progress were recorded at over 1.831 million tons as the government had procured about 6.614 million tons during the last procurement season to fulfill the domestic requirements of staple gains as well as keeping the strategic reserves, said a senior official in the Ministry of National Food Security and Research.—APP
