DI KHAN, Sep 23 (APP): Chief Minister Khyber Pakthunkhwa, Mahmood Khan Thursday said the province’s first-ever food security policy has been prepared to bolster agriculture production and fulfill food requirements of the every growing population.
Addressing an impressive farmers convention here graced by the Prime Minister Imran Khan as Chief Guest, the Chief Minister said the policy would soon be passed from the KP cabinet and would be implemented across the province.
He said food security has been emerged as a big challenge in the wake of rise in population growth. He said PTI government’s agriculture policies and projects including Kisan Cards would help increase agriculture productivity, enhance farmers’ incomes and per acres production of wheat, maize, rice and others crops.
Around two lac farmers out of five lac registered farmers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa would be directly benefited from Kisan Cards distributed by PM Imran Khan today at Dera Ismail Khan during its first phase.
He said 1,96,000 acres areas would be irrigated in southern districts including DI Khan and South Waziristan tribal district from Gomal Zam Dam’s command areas project inaugurated by prime minister today.
The chief minister said a total of 14 watercourses have been completed in 2018, which now increased to 140 and would further enhanced to 400 by 2023 under Gomal Zam Dam command area project, adding the project would bring green and white revolution in southern districts of KP.
He said livestock, fisheries and dairy farming was being promoted in the province due to its better climate condition and we would soon be in position to exports trout fish.
Mahmood Khan said prior to PTI government agriculture has been ranked at 25th position and now this key sector has ranked first in terms of budget, performance and development.
Kisan Card is a landmark project of PTI government that would help enable hundreds of thousands of low income farmers to get maximum output from their lands and bolster revenue of the provincial kitty.
He said Chesma Right Bank Lift Canal project was a landmark project that after completion would change destiny of people of southern districts of KP.