STAFF REPORT ISLAMABAD: In order to promote research and development projects in the country as well as increase agricultural production, the government has provided Rs 322 billion agricultural loans to the farmers last financial year.
“Eefforts are being made to enhance production of non-traditional crops including jute, olive and tea, besides traditional crops of wheat, cotton and rice,” Minister for Food and Agriculture Nazar Muhammad Gondal informed the Senate during question hour last week.
He said that incentives are being given to the farmers to cultivate olive in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Balochistan. To another question, he said that lining of 14262-kilometer long watercourses had been completed during the last three years, while work on 4152 watercourses was underway in the country and expected to be completed by June 2011.
He also said that the government is will to further promote the agriculture research and development projects in order to enhance the per acre yield.
http://www.technologytimes.pk/mag/2011/feb11/issue02/rs322b_spent_on_farm_research.php
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