A high-level meeting was held at the Ag­riculture House Lahore under the chair­manship of Minister for Agriculture, Punjab Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani, in which the projects prepared for the wel­fare of farmers were reviewed.Agriculture Minister Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani said that according to the vision of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, agricul­tural equipment and machinery will be provided to the farmers at discounted prices. Apart from this, subsidy will also be provided to transfer agricultural tubewells to solar. He said that 56 types of agricultural equipment and machin­ery will be provided to farmers at dis­counted prices. Branding of agricultural machinery will be done on subsidy in the province. Short, medium and long-term projects will be prepared for the development of the agricultural sector in the province.      During the meeting, Punjab Agriculture Secretary Iftikhar Ali Sahoo said that farm mechanization in the province will increase the income of farmers. The establishment of model ag­riculture centers will play an important role in ensuring the availability of agri­cultural inputs at fixed prices to farmers. For the promotion of value agriculture, a project is being introduced to increase the production and quality of citrus, which will be applied in Sargodha in the first phase. Balloting for machinery will be done at the Tehsil level.   Secretary Agriculture Punjab Iftikhar Ali Sahoo along with Special Secretary Agriculture (Marketing) Punjab Dr. Mu­hammad Shahshanshah Faisal Azam, Ad­ditional Secretary Agriculture (Planning) Captain (R) Waqas Rasheed, Director General PAMRA Tariq Mehmood, Direc­tor General Agriculture (Water Manage­ment) Punjab Malik Muhammad Akram, Consultant Dr. Muhammad Anjum Ali, Director Agricultural Information Pun­jab Naveed Asmat Kahloon and other se­nior officers participated in the meeting. (ICE ISLAMABAD)

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