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Free of cost cotton seeds assured
KARACHI-Commerce Minister Abdul Razzak Dawood has assured the
growers in Balochistan that he will request the Chief
Executive of Pakistan to provide free of cost cotton seeds
this year to them like previous year.
He was talking to growers and ginners of Balochistan at Usta
Mohammad on December 4, 2001. Federal Agriculture Minister
Khair Mohammad Junejo, Chairman Trading Corporation of
Pakistan (TCP) Syed Masood Alam Rizvi were also with him.
The Minister said that growers were given free of cost cotton
seeds last year for motivating them to cultivate cotton in
Balochistan.
This year the crop is good, but there is still a need to
cultivate even better cotton crop next year, he added. Mr
Dawood advised the growers to produce contamination-free
cotton to bring this area on the world map as quality cotton
producer.
Referring to cotton from Zimbabwe, he said that this country
is now known internationally for growing contamination-free
cotton and he wishes that Balochistan should also follow this
example .“I want to see that Balochistan must emerge as a
producer of contamination-free cotton on world map in next
three to four years”, Dawood said.
He said that for this purpose, a hard work is required by
cotton growers, experts and officials.The Minister said that
private sector would be persuaded to set up a ginning factory
in Khuzdar as the district is producing a good quality
cotton.He reiterated that TCP would purchase all cotton from
Balochistan which is expected to reap
100,000 bales this year.
The minister was told that cotton prices were much higher in
the area compared to TCP procurement rates. Earlier, both the
federal ministers visited three ginning factories at Dera
Allahyar and Usta Mohammad.
December 6, 2001
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