'Rs300bn approved for agriculture'.

LAHORE -- The government is utilising all the resources to educate farmers about modern agriculture techniques, said Agriculture Minister Malik Noman Langrial while presiding over a meeting here on Monday.

It was attended by Agriculture Secretary Wasif Khurshid, Dr Anjum Ali, Mohammad Ayub, Dr Abid Mehmood, Malik Akram and Zafaryab Haider.

Jahangir Tareen attended the meeting on special invitation of the minister.

The minister said the schemes worth over Rs300bn had been approved for development of the sector under the federal government's Agricultural Emergency Programme.

Implementation of these...

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