Punjab Agriculture Secretary Iftikhar Ali Sahoo has said that coordination with the Irrigation department must be improved so that provision of water during cotton cultivation in the cotton zone could be ensured on priority basis.
He presided over the meeting which reviewed the current situation of cotton crop here. The Secretary directed all the Agriculture Extension directors to prepare and submit a report about canals which supply water on priority basis. He further said that this year the Land Information and Management System team would monitor the field staff during cotton cultivation. He also directed to prepare a detailed report on the division wise wheat harvest along with per acre production and trends of future crop cultivation. He added that farmers should be attracted towards cultivation of cotton after wheat so that the area under cultivation could be increased as much as possible. In addition, local MNAs and MPAs should also be invited in the divisional and district advisory committees. For guidance and awareness, farmer gatherings, farmer fairs should be organized and members of the National and Provincial assemblies must be invited in such events so that they could also get awareness about this ongoing cotton campaign, he added. Sahoo said, “We are in contact with the federal government to ensure the supply of fertilizer during cotton cultivation.”
