Sunflower to be sown over 0.2 million acres of land in Punjab

Over 0.2 million acres of land would be brought under sunflower crop in various parts of the Punjab. The agriculture department was making hectic efforts to motivate growers and farmers that they should cultivate oilseed crops including sunflower for making the country self-sufficient in edible oil and reduce the import of it.

Sources in agriculture department told Business Recorder on Thursday that at present 66 per cent of edible oil was being imported and only 34 per cent of edible oil was produced within the country to meet the domestic demands.

The agriculture department was making adequate efforts to motivate the farmers to bring their maximum land under sunflower crop including other oilseed crops for bringing down the import of edible oil. In Sialkot district, 5,000 acres of land would be brought under sunflower crop while tehsil wise break up is 2,000 acres in Pasrur, 2,000 acres Daska and 1000 acres in Sambrial tehsils. The department has directed the sunflower growers to use only recommended sunflower seeds for attaining maximum output of the crop.

Courtesy Business Recorder

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