About 4,995 thousand tons of meat to be produced in 2020-21.

ISLAMABAD -- The government has set a target to produce about 4,995 thousand tons of meat during year 2020-21 to fulfill the domestic requirements as well as for export. The domestic production of meat during the year 2019-20 was estimated at 4,708 thousand tons, which was grew by 5.14 percent, according to an official document. During the period under review, beef production targets were fixed at 2,380 thousand tons as output of meat during 2019-20 was increased by 3.41 percent and stood at 2,308 thousand tons. Meanwhile, mutton production targets for fiscal year starting from July 1, was fixed at 765,000 tons as compared to the production of 748,000 tons of same period last year. To fulfill the domestic requirements of local poultry meat, 1,809,000...