'Wheat cultivation target to be achieved'

27 Nov, 2015

SARGODHA: Executive District Officer (EDO) Agriculture Ramzan Khan Niazi has said hundred percent wheat cultivation target will be achieved this year as 65 percent has been achieved so far.

Talking to APP on Friday, he said the wheat cultivation would be completed till December 15 for which Agri officers were paying visit to various villages to motivate farmers to complete wheat cultivation as soon as possible.

The EDO said according to reports of Agri staff over 531,000 acres of land will be cultivated wheat this year out of which over 345,000 acres of land had been cultivated so far in the district.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2015

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