Collective efforts vital to boost cotton production : Secretary.

LAHORE -- South Punjab Additional Chief Secretary Captain (R) Saqib Zafar has said that the staff of Agriculture Department and farmers should strive for increasing cotton production.

He said this while presiding over a review meeting of ongoing activities about cotton action plan 2023-24 on Friday.

During the briefing, it was told that 2.314 million acres cotton cultivation target had been set in Bahawalpur division this year, of which 1.445 million acres had been brought under cultivation so far , which is 62 percent of the total target.

On this occasion, Punjab Agriculture Secretary Iftikhar Ali Sahoo said that all the stakeholders should make sincere efforts to achieve desired results with regard to cotton production, adding that this would not only make farmers prosperous but yield positive results on country's economy.

He said that Punjab...