ISLAMABAD, Dec 15 (APP): Wheat sowing during the current season has witnessed an encouraging trend as crop cultivation was completed over 89.07 percent against the set target for Rabi 2020-21.
According to initial estimates of Provincial Crop Reporting Services, wheat cultivation was completed over 8.203 million hectares as against the set targets of 9.210 million hectares, said Food Security Commissioner in the Ministry of National Food Security and Research Dr Imtiaz Ahmed Gopang.
Talking to APP here on Tuesday, he said that wheat sowing during the last sowing season was recorded at 8.807 million hectares.
He said it was expected that sowing targets of grains for the current crop season would be achieved they would help in getting the maximum output to fulfill the domestic requirements as well as for exporting.
He said that timely interventions of the government to enhance minimum support price, fiscal incentives introduced by the government had helped to encourage the farmers to bring more areas under wheat production.
Meanwhile, wheat sowing in Punjab and Baluchistan provinces during Rabi Season 2020-21 increased by 2 percent and 1 percent respectively as compared to the cultivation of the corresponding period of last year, he added.
However, according to the initial estimates grains sowing in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa decreased by 1 percent and 3 percent respectively.
The wheat sowing has been completed over 96.94 percent of the set targets in Punjab which is the largest grain-producing province of the country, he added.
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