Pakistan launches crash program for wheat crop in quake-hit areas
Pakistan has launched a crash program for wheat crop in a 43,000-acre land in the earthquake-devastated areas of North West Frontier Province and Pakistan-administered
Agriculture Minister Sikandar Hayat Khan told the Lower House of Parliament on Thursday that under this program, seed and fertilizer have been provided free of cost to farmers with the collaboration of the
In response to a question by an opposition lawmaker Samia Raheel Qazi, he said a total of 28,000 acres of farming land in NWFP and 15,000 acres in Kashmir were devastated by the quake.
The killer quake struck Pakistan’s NWFP and Kashmir on Oct 8, killing over 73,000 and injuring more than 100 thousand people, in addition to destroying standing crops and cultivable land.
The minister added that the government was now working on a plan to ensure provision of seed and fertilizer to farmers in the affected areas for the next crops, starting from March.
Source: IRNA News
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