Boosting agricultural sector is a major plank of PTI government agenda: Prime Minister Imran Khan while chairing a meeting on agriculture - Press Note issued by Press Information Department.

Islamabad -- October 30, 2018 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press note issued by Press Information Department (PID)

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Prime Minister Imran Khan today chaired a meeting on agriculture at Prime Minister's Office. The Prime Minister was informed that the country's agriculture has been stagnant for past many decades and little work was done to assist the farmers in crop diversification, enhancement of yields and mechanization of agriculture sector. It was informed that research functions were totally ignored in the past resulting in overall deterioration of the sector. Low agricultural output resulted in greater reliance on import thus soaring up the import bill.

The Prime Minister was informed that the existing trend could be effectively checked and reversed with short-term measures and work on long-term strategy could be started immediately with concerted efforts of all stakeholders. The Prime Minister was given a detailed briefing on the existing situation vis-AA -vis wheat, rice and sugarcane crop alongwith a comparative analysis with the neighbouring countries and other producers with regards to production, exports and imports.

The Prime Minister was informed that as part of PTI's agenda of placing greater focus on the agriculture sector, various projects were being planned to increase crop yield and productivity, to shift focus towards exports and encouraging crop diversification. The...

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