LAHORE: In a bid to facilitate farmers and get a healthy crop, the Punjab government has started giving free of cost rust-free wheat seeds in 926 villages of Muzaffargarh.
According to the Agriculture Department, the project would benefit 410 farmers of tehsil Muzffargarh, 333 of tehsil Kot Addu, 88 of tehsil Jatoi and 95 farmers of tehsil Alipur.
The department has advised the farmers to sow rust-free wheat seeds in coming wheat crop. A prime objective of the project was to provide rust-free wheat seeds across the province and to replace the affected seed varieties with rust-free wheat seeds.
The agri experts suggested that growers should not sow seed varieties which were rust affected. They said the project would help in increasing wheat yield besides handling food security challenges.
