Seminar: ‘Better policies can benefit farmers’
Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Bosan says department protecting own interests.
MULTAN:
“Agriculture can become a profitable sector through the capacity building of farmers,” Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan said on Saturday. Addressing a seminar organised by a multinational company, Bosan said he had briefed the prime minister on how agriculture could become a cost-effective sector of the economy. “The role of middlemen in purchasing and selling agriculture products will largely be diminished in future to control inflation…the growers will benefit from this,” he said. He said after the 18th Amendment, the Industry Department was responsible for resolving growers’ problems. He said the department however was protecting its own interests as it produced seeds and fertilisers.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2013.
“Agriculture can become a profitable sector through the capacity building of farmers,” Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan said on Saturday. Addressing a seminar organised by a multinational company, Bosan said he had briefed the prime minister on how agriculture could become a cost-effective sector of the economy. “The role of middlemen in purchasing and selling agriculture products will largely be diminished in future to control inflation…the growers will benefit from this,” he said. He said after the 18th Amendment, the Industry Department was responsible for resolving growers’ problems. He said the department however was protecting its own interests as it produced seeds and fertilisers.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2013.