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Government to ensure wheat
purchase at support price
LAHORE - The Punjab Minister for
Agriculture, Khurshid Zaman Qureshi, has said that the
government would procure every grain of wheat from the growers
and would not let anybody to purchase the wheat at less then
the support price fixed by the government.
Talking to a delegation of farmers hailing from central Punjab
here on Friday, the minister said that with a view to monitor
the wheat procurement campaign, he and other officials would
visit the procurement centres.
A comprehensive policy is being evolved to make the country
self-reliant in the agriculture sector and improve the
socio-economic condition of the farmers, he added.
In the past, the country used to import agri commodities, but
now we had achieved food autarky, the minister stated.
The government is taking measures to boost the sale of agri
items in the international market. Furthermore, the export of
flowers and fruit is being ensured, he added.
courtesy Daily
Business Recorder
, 13
April, 2002
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