Wheat crop cultivated over 8.011 mln hectares during current season
Wheat cultivation is almost upto set marks but due to delay in sugarcane crushing,
(Web Desk) – Wheat crop has been cultivated over 8.011 million hectares of land across the crop producing areas of the country during current season.
According to Food Security Commissioner in the Ministry of National Food Security and Research Dr Imtiaz Ahmad Gopang, during the corresponding period of last sowing season, the crop cultivation was recorded at 8.839 million hectares.
He said wheat cultivation is almost upto the set marks but due to delay in sugarcane crushing and late irrigation of rice crop had resulted in slight reduction in area.
Meanwhile, he said Punjab had achieved the sowing targets by 95 percent, Sindh by 73, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 94 and Balochistan 71 respectively.
