ISLAMABAD: In order to achieve maximum per acre crop yield, more than 233,000 tons of certified wheat seeds will be provided to the farmers during the ongoing sowing season across the country.
A Ministry of National Food Security and Research official, while talking to APP, said that as per the break figures, 21.50 percent of requirements would be fulfilled by wheat growers and private sector by providing quality seed for cultivation. He said that to ensure maximum crop output, seed requirements for cotton crop were achieved 100 percent as about 40,000 tons of certified cotton seed was provided to farmers against the set targets.
He informed that seed was the most important input to achieve the crop production targets adding that government has set a target to provide 14.44 thousand tons of seed for paddy growers as against the requirements of 42.48 thousand tons which comprising 34 percent of the total requirements.
Meanwhile, the government has set a target to provide 34 percent out of the total requirements for the maize seed adding that during the period under review 10.85 thousand tons of seed would be provided to farmers against the total requirements of 31.91 thousand tons, he added.
The government has set a target to provide 32 percent fodder seed to farmers in country adding that 12.84 thousand tons of fodder seed would be provided to farmers as against the required volume of 40.14 thousand during season 2015-16.
