The government is focusing on the availability of about 530,000 tonnes of certified seeds including 160,000 tonnes of rust-tolerant varieties for the 2021-22 wheat crop season, Minister for National Food Security and Research Fakhr Imam said on Thursday.
Chairing a meeting of the Agriculture Policy Institute (API) Committee on 2021-22 wheat crop, Mr Imam said that minimum support price for the next wheat crop would be announced before the start of the sowing season.
He said the government’s enhancement of minimum support price for 2020-21 crop from Rs1,400 to Rs1,800 had produced good results and helped the country achieve wheat production of 27.5 million tonnes.
