SARGODHA, Jul 29 (APP):Livestock cards, a novel initiative of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, would help increase meat and milk production in Punjab and improve financial standing of farming community.
In a statement issued here Monday, Deputy director livestock Dr Wajid said that cattle rearers having 5-10 cattle heads would be able to avail the easy interest-free loans through livestock cards to feed their cattle heads.
He said that a sum of Rs 10 billion had been allocated for the disbursement of loans to 80,000 farmers in Punjab. This interest-free financing would help farmers buy feed for their cattle heads including ‘Wanda’, mineral mixtures, and silage.The livestock card holders would also have the facility of free tagging of animals, vaccination and insemination services with quality animals to increase animal population.
