The Agriculture Department on Monday issued guidelines to farmers on varieties they should sow to extract maximum benefits out of sunflower cultivation and the procedure they should adopt to claim the Rs5,000 per acre subsidy - a measure introduced to encourage oilseed farming.
The Agriculture Department spokesman, in a statement, said that registered farmers could claim Rs5,000 per acre subsidy for 20-acre farming at the most, equivalent to a maximum limit of Rs100,000.
Farmers were advised to buy bags of registered sunflower seed varieties.
The spokesman said that oilseed cultivation was being encouraged through different initiatives to increase edible oil production at home, so as to cut the country's Rs300 billion annual import bill significantly.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 3rd, 2023.
COMMENTS (1)
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ