Saeed Yousuf
Quetta: Secretary Agriculture Balochistan Mr. Abdul Rehman Buzdar said that increase of Agriculture production and enhancement of Agriculture sector is the first and foremost important priority of the current Government, he said that while addressing to the Deputy Directors soil fertility of all districts in the committee room of DG agriculture, on Thursday.
He said that soil fertility section of Agriculture is very important, it is related to soil and water analysis such as the acidity or PH level and is conducted for soil fertility, plant nutrients in order to determine fertilizer recommendations. He said that Farmer’s are using obsolete techniques using improper, unseasonable and untimely fertilizers along with pesticides, for this farmers face huge losses in their agri-products.
He said that deputy directors must ensure proper monitoring and must collect more than ten samples of sand and water and must send to Agriculture Research Institute at Quetta where the end results will be shared with Farmers about the misuse of fertilizers and pesticides. Also on regular basis the analysis for expert be viewed and shared thereof, he added.
He also advised all Districts agriculture officers to ensure the monitoring of all fertilizers wholesalers and retailers that they are providing subsidized fertilizers to the farmers in which provincial and federal government is providing Rs.700 million subsidized rates of fertilizers to the ultimate farmers.
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