Agriculture: Ensuring Kisan Package transparent
On the other hand, steps must be taken to minimise the role of middleman to stop exploitation of farmers
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan Kisan Board, secretary information, Hajji Muhammad Ramzan called upon the government to introduce transparency in the distribution of agricultural funds for the larger benefits of small and medium land holders. He suggested that the government should introduce proper price mechanism for fixing crop prices like sugarcane, rice and cotton to protect local farmers so that they could sustain the decreasing price trend of these major cash crops of the country. He said like wheat, the government should also activate a cotton corporation to stabilise the crop price for giving maximum benefits to growers of their produce. On the other hand, steps must be taken to minimise the role of middleman to stop exploitation of farmers.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 18th, 2015.
Pakistan Kisan Board, secretary information, Hajji Muhammad Ramzan called upon the government to introduce transparency in the distribution of agricultural funds for the larger benefits of small and medium land holders. He suggested that the government should introduce proper price mechanism for fixing crop prices like sugarcane, rice and cotton to protect local farmers so that they could sustain the decreasing price trend of these major cash crops of the country. He said like wheat, the government should also activate a cotton corporation to stabilise the crop price for giving maximum benefits to growers of their produce. On the other hand, steps must be taken to minimise the role of middleman to stop exploitation of farmers.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 18th, 2015.