Balochistan govt allocates Rs 4.121 bln for agriculture development in budget.

ISLAMABAD -- The Balochistan government has allocated Rs 4.121 billion for the development of agriculture sector for the financial year 2020-2021.

According to the budget documents, the government has earmarked an amount of Rs11.071 billion for non-development sector, while Rs 640.775 million has been set for the revamping of the agriculture department in the province.

The government of Balochistan in the financial year 2019-20 had distributed 31445 kilograms of agricultural seeds, 5229 agricultural tools and 7387 cotton bags among the landowners and farmers across the province for the improvement of agricultural production.

Locust attacks have also led to a significant decline in agricultural production, for which the provincial government was declared a locust emergency in December 2019, it added.

In view of locust threats, the Agriculture Department had formed 181 teams for its prevention and has set aside Rs 500 million in the next financial year 2020-2021 to conduct spray and to take other basic measures to control the locust threats. While in the current financial year 2019-20, an amount of Rs 404 million had been released in this regard.

In order to give access to international markets to the agricultural production of the province, an agricultural expo will be organized in the next financial year 2020-2021.

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