Punjab minister urges focus on hybrid wheat
Terms it vital to ensure food security across globe
APP
March 14, 2021
MULTAN:
There is a dire need to ensure cultivation of hybrid wheat on a large scale in the country, said Punjab Minister for Agriculture Hussain Jahania Gardezi.
Addressing a seminar at the Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture on Saturday, he lauded the efforts of the varsity aimed at promotion of hybrid wheat.
“Hybrid wheat is of vital importance to address food security issues across the globe,” he said. The minister apprised the participants that the government was striving hard to modernise the agriculture sector to improve productivity and benefit the peasants.
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