Efforts underway to modernize agriculture; boost per acre yield.

LAHORE -- Punjab Agriculture Minister Malik Nauman Ahmed Langrial Friday said that under Prime Minister's Agriculture Emergency Programme work was underway on various projects with Rs 300 billion in order to improve available water resources, besides enhancing per acre yield of wheat, rice, sugarcane and oilseed products.

He said this while addressing a ceremony held in Gujranwala to distribute subsidized agricultural machinery among farmers under National Programme to boost per acre production of rice, according to a press release issued here.

He said, "Pakistan's Basmati rice is liked all over the world due to its quality and aroma.Therefore it could be a good source of fetching forex as well."

He said that during fiscal year 2018-19, as much as...

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