Agriculture
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- Pakistan Urged To Tap Global Seedless Citrus Market
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Agriculture
100,000 wheat seed bags for small farmers
Irrigation Department is distributing seeds to the eligible small farmers, having land up to five acres, in Thal Canal command area of Layyah and Muzaffargarh districts free of cost.
According to the plan, 37,740 small farmers of 703 villages in these two districts will be provided with around 100,000 wheat seed bags, 50 kg each and 5,000 canola oilseed packets, 1 kg each packet, for Rabi crop 2013-14. The activity is a component of Social Development Action Plan of Jinnah Barrage Rehabilitation and Modernisation (Phase-II) Project. For the execution of seed procurement and distribution plan, the services of Punjab Rural Support Programme have been sought by the irrigation department. To ensure timely distribution of wheat seed to the farmers for early sowing of wheat crop, a number of distribution centres have been established at the union council level. The farmers of 703 villages, 533 villages of Layyah district and 170 villages of Kot Addu Tehsil of Muzaffargarh will benefit from this scheme.
As of October 24 report, 16,374 eligible farmers have been provided with 43,161 wheat seed bags and 2,051 canola oilseed packets. The seed distribution activity which began on October 7, 2013, is scheduled to be completed by November 7, 2013. The seed distribution activity was planned to be carried out in two phases. During the first phase, 27,951 small farmers of Khushab, Mianwali and Bhakkar districts were provided with 75,491 certified wheat seed bags free of cost in 2012.
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- Sindh Has Adequate Wheat Stock To Meet Existing Demand
Sindh province has adequate wheat stock to meet the existing demand till the arrival of next crop, traders said on Monday. Talking to Business Recorder they said that presently Sindh has some 0.113 million tons wheat stock in its godowns and recently...
- Wheat Sowing Over 85 Percent Area Completed In Punjab
Wheat sowing over 14 million acres has been completed in Punjab which is 85 percent of the targeted 16 million acres to produce 19 million tons of wheat during 2013-14 Rabi season, Director General Agriculture Extension Services Dr Anjum Ali told Business...
- Ida To Provide $173.90 Million To Improve Irrigation Efficiency
International Development Association (IDA) is considering providing $173.90 million for Sindh Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Enhancement Project to improve irrigation efficiency leading to improved agricultural productivity in Sindh. According to...
- Usda To Continue Support To Improve Wheat Productivity
Clay Hamilton, Agriculture Counsellor (USDA) said that USA and Pakistan has long history of collaboration in agriculture and it will continue to provide support for improvement of wheat productivity in Pakistan. This he sated at inaugural session of two-day...
- Pakistan Urged To Tap Global Seedless Citrus Market
Thursday, July-11-2013 Pakistan should promote production of seedless citrus, which are in high demand globally, in a bid to grab the international market where citrus with seeds are discouraged. This issue came up for discussion in a meeting of the board...