Agri secretary for cultivation of next cotton crop on maximum area.

LAHORE -- In order to achieve the production targets from the next cotton crop, all the stakeholders will have to work on a comprehensive strategy keeping in view the climate changes. The cultivation of the next cotton crop should be ensured on maximum area and new technology of cotton should be promoted. These views were expressed by Punjab Agriculture Secretary Ahmad Aziz Tarar while presiding over the meeting held in Lahore for the implementation of plan for the upcoming cotton crop. On this occasion,

Agriculture Extension Director General (DG) Dr Anjum Ali gave a briefing and told the secretary agriculture that due to the efforts of the Agriculture Department, during the year 2021-22, the area under cultivation of cotton increased by 16 percent compared to last year, but due to floods in South Punjab, 234,000 acres of cotton were damaged and the production decreased.

Apart from this, due to ongoing climatic changes in the province and due to non-cultivation of approved varieties of seeds, there has been a decrease in...