The Punjab Government has launched a programme worth Rs9 billion aimed at increasing the production of wheat per acre.

The programme has been launched on the directives of the Prime Minister and the provincial government has a vision to make the province a 'Grain House' for rest of the country.

The Minister was speaking to a large gathering of farmers at Jallo More the other day. Seminar was attended by Ejaz Ahmad Diyal, Dr Anjum Ali Director General (Ext & AR), Mudassar Abbas Director Agriculture Information Punjab, Advisor to Minister for Agriculture Shahid Qadir and a large gathering of farming community.

Minister for Agriculture, Punjab advised farmers to cultivate wheat with a standard and certified seed of Punjab Seed Corporation to get a bumper crop of wheat.

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