LAHORE: Pakistan has bumper potato crop this year and around 1 million tons of potatoes can be exported, while 32,000 metric tons of local potato has already been exported to Russia, Malaysia, Bahrain, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates so far.
This was revealed by Provincial Minister for Agriculture Dr Farrukh Javed, while presiding over a high level meeting related to potato exports in his office.
The provincial minister said that the potato growers in Punjab got a bumper crop and its total production had gone to 3.7 million tons, adding, “This will reach four million tons with the utmost effort of our farmers.” It is 35pc higher than the previous year’s potato production, he added.
Dr Farrukh Javed was briefed about the status of potato export in the meeting. He was told that 641.7 tons, 88.3 tons, 173 tons, 117.3 tons and 89.5 tons of potatoes have been exported to Russia, Bahrain, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and the UAE, respectively.
