Innovative policies to be introduced in agri sector

LAHORE: The Pakistan Agri Forum expressed its apprehension that this year set target of wheat, rice and cotton production will not be achieved by the Punjab government.

In a press release issued on Thursday, Agri Fourm chairman Muhammad Ibrahim Mughal said during the last four years, the Punjab government could not achieve target of wheat, cotton and rice.

He said according to the government statistics wheat target for the last four year was 70.68 million tonnes while 70.30 million tonnes of wheat was produced due to which the province had to face a financial loss of Rs 75 billion.

He said it was the need of the hour to introduce the best and innovative policies for agriculture sector to counter challenges facing farmers.