Seeds sown for cotton-growing contest

Agriculture Department invites applications from farmers until July 31 for this year’s cotton production competition

FAISALABAD:

The Agriculture Department has invited applications from farmers until July 31 for this year’s cotton production competition.

A spokesman for Agriculture (Extension) Department said on Wednesday that the competition would be arranged at the district and provincial level, with first place winning a cash prize of Rs1.5 million.

Meanwhile, Rs1.2 million and Rs1 million would be awarded to second and third position holders, respectively. Similarly, the winning farmer at the district level would be awarded a cash prize of Rs800,000, whereas Rs600,000 and Rs500,000 would be awarded to the second and third position holders, respectively in this category, he added.

The spokesman said that male and female farmers who have at least five acres of cotton crops were eligible to apply for the competition.

The application forms were available free of cost both at Assistant Director Agriculture (Extension) and Agriculture Officer (Extension) offices and online. He added that a divisional committee would scrutinise the cotton crops.

More information could be obtained from agriculture helpline during the office hours from Monday to Friday, he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 11^th, 2023.