LAHORE: The sharp increase in prices of fertilizers has irked the growers in the province as price of 50kg bag has surged by Rs159.
While talking to the media, the representatives of farmers associations said that increase in fertilizers prices will further add to the miseries of the poor cultivators who were already suffering due to high prices of seeds, agricultural sprays and fail to get the reasonable prices of their yields after hard work of several months.
They were of the view that government make tall claims of facilitating the growers but on-ground reality is that it was further increasing the hardships of the cultivators. The local fertilizer manufacturers have announced an increase of Rs159 on 50kg bag of fertilizers.
