Punjab agriculture department distributes motorbikes among farmers

The Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) on Wednesday distributed motorcycles among the most connected farmers on mobile application Connected Agriculture Platform Punjab (CAPP) developed by the department for disseminating agro-based information to the farmers community especially small farmers.
A ceremony of prize distribution was organized at Agriculture House, where Silwat Saeed, Special Secretary Agriculture Punjab distributed keys of motor bikes as prize among those farmers who connected on CAPP during January & February, 2018.
The ceremony was attended by Rana Mahmood Akhtar, Chief Planning & Evaluation Cell, Rai Mudassar Abbas, Director Agriculture Information Punjab and representatives of Telenor Pakistan.
Under this scheme, during initial stage 110,000 smart phones will be distributed among registered farmers of Kissan Package and during next stage all registered farmers will get this smart phone which will be equipped with special apps that help farmers to interact with agriculture experts for taking advice regarding improvement in crops, know the weather condition in real time and see videos about latest production technology of crops, know about crop calendar etc.