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Applications invited from growers for wheats experiments
September 29, 2022
The Agriculture Department has invited applications from farmers for cultivating wheat crops on experimental plots under the National Programme for Enhancing per acre Production. Director of Agriculture Chaudhry Abdul Hameed said that farmers having 5 to 12.5 acres of irrigated land and 25 acres of barani (rain-fed) land would be eligible to submit applications.
He said that the government would provide Rs 11,000 per acre of experimental plot and farmers would be selected through draws. They would cultivate the wheat crop according to the recommendations of the Agriculture Department.
The application forms are available at the offices of agriculture officers and the assistant director. The forms are also available at the website www.agripunjab.gov.pk in the download option. A photocopy of the form will also be acceptable.
The last date for receiving applications is October 5. The draw of farmers’ names will be held at the office of the director of agriculture on October 27.
Credit: Independent News Pakistan-WealthPk
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