SIALKOT, (MILLAT+APP): The Punjab government has
formulated a well-knitted plan for promotion of sunflower
and other oil seed crops in the province.
The sources in local agriculture department told APP
on Friday that under the programme over 87,000 acres of
land would be brought under sunflower crop, in various
areas of the Punjab.
They said that, in Gujranwala division as many as 2,758
acres of land would be brought under Sunflower cultivation,
adding that sunflower would be cultivated on 1,856 acres in
Sialkot, 541 acres in Narowal, 247 acres in Gujranwala and
114 acres in Hafizabad district.
The agri deptt had directed growers to use recommended
sunflower seeds and should start sowing from January 15 and
complete it by mid February 2017, for achieving maximum per
acre yield, sources added.
The government was making strenuous efforts
for motivating growers to cultivate sunflower crop and get
maximum economic benefits, sources added.