Share:ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC), under its pulses development initiatives, provided subsidised seeds of different beans to over 41,705 farmers across the pulses production areas in the country during FY2020-21. The seeds of different pulses were provided to local farmers on 50% subsidy, aimed at enhancing per-acre output of different pulses for attaining self-sufficiency in leguminous production, said Dr Muhammad Mansoor Joyia, National Coordinator (Food Legumes) Plant Sciences Division of PARC. He said that under the program, national pulses policy framework was developed, besides organizing three stakeholders traveling seminars for creating awareness among the potential growers, adding that machinery specialized for pluses production was also distributed among the farmers across four provinces. He said that after the commencement of program, about 12 portable irrigation system were also provided to farmers, besides releasing 15 varieties of different pulses. During 2021, the production of mung bean reached 253,000 tons, attaining self sufficiency level for the country as local national demand was estimated at 180,000 tons.

Source: The Nation October 10, 2021 01:52 UTC