Hyderabad: The Sindh Government has launched various development schemes to uplift small farmers and boost the agriculture sector, a news source quoted Agriculture Minister Muhammad Ismail Rahu. The provincial government has launched the schemes in collaboration with the World Bank.
The minister said that Pakistan is predominantly an agriculture country and that agriculture accounts for far more contribution to the country’s economy that the other sectors.
Earlier in December, the federal government had unveiled a PKR 82 billion agriculture plan aimed at transforming the sector as well as reducing rural poverty.
The initiative, based on recommendations by the food security ministry given to Prime Minister Imran Khan, is part of a larger PKR 200 billion package for the agriculture sector pledged by the federal and provincial governments.
The plan – which aims to enhance crop yield, improve water efficiency, livestock and fisheries development, and create agro-markets – will be implemented within two to three years.
