Sunday, 10 March 2019

100,000 seed packets to be distributed in Punjab

Ag APPRawalpindi: The Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) has finalised all the arrangements to supply 100,000 seed packets to the citizens under Spring Kitchen Gardening programme.According to a PAD spokesman, the department would supply seed packets of vegetables on subsidized rates during this season. The department had set up 325 sale points in 36 districts of the province to supply seed packets to the citizens at a concessional rate of Rs50 each packet, he added.He said seeds of the vegetables which could be grown during this season were being supplied to the people to encourage the Kitchen Gardening.The step had been taken to promote Kitchen Gardening culture and create awareness about the importance and utility of home grown fresh vegetables across the province, he added. The Vegetable Research Institute had prepared seed kits of the vegetables for the sale to the growers, he said.

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