Balochistan to provide wheat seeds to100,000 farmers: Asad Baloch.

QUETTA -- The Balochistan government has initiated a program to provide wheat seeds for the cultivation of rabi crop to around 100,000 farmers in the province.

The Balochistan government has released Rs 2.20 billion for the provision of wheat seeds free of cost to the farmers of the flood-affected areas, Minister for Agriculture Mir Asadullah Baloch said on Monday.

The government has procured around 381,000 bags of 50 kilogram wheat to ensure free of cost distribution of seeds for current season, Asad Baloch said.

The district administration and agriculture department would ensure transparent distribution of seeds to the deserving farmers.

He said that all necessary facilities will be provided to wheat growers to expand its production to make the province self sufficient. The initiative is taken to eliminate the wheat shortage after the recent floods. For transparency in the distribution of wheat seeds, the chief minister's inspection team has been...

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