All efforts to be made to bring our farmers at par with their int'l counterparts Cheema.

ISLAMABAD -- A meeting of the committee formed by the Prime Minister for Agriculture Yield improvement was held under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema on Thursday.

The Prime Minister had constituted the committee to suggest measures for agricultural yield improvement and to review steps for availability of quality seeds, inputs and farm machinery.

Federal Minister Tariq Bashir Cheema said that this forum provides an opportunity to take a comprehensive stock of the agriculture sector and find ways to improve its yield and productivity. 'All effort should be made to uplift the agriculture sector and bring our farmers at par with their International counterparts,' he added. While briefing the committee, Food Security Commissioner Waseem Ul Hassan said that progressive farmers in Pakistan have a higher yield per acre compared to the country's average.

He added that tractors, cultivator, disk harrow, rotavator are used in almost every crop. Deputy...

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