Rawalpindi division to cultivate wheat on 1.6m acres
At a Rawalpindi review meeting, Punjab’s agriculture minister set a Rs4,500-a-maund support price and outlined seed, DAP and Kissan Card support for growers.
Punjab has set a wheat cultivation target of 16.5 million acres province-wide, including 1.6 million acres in Rawalpindi division.
The proposed wheat support price is Rs4,500 per maund, Agriculture Minister Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani said.
Rs320 million is being provided to promote certified seed; Punjab Seed Corporation seed is available at Rs7,000 a bag after an Rs800 subsidy.
An interest-free Rs17 billion loan facility is available for DAP fertiliser on five million acres.
Kissan Card users can access an extra interest-free loan of Rs3,500 per acre, aimed at about one million farmers.