ISLAMABAD, June 24 (APP): Special Assistant to PM Jamshed Iqbal Cheema on Food Security called on Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Thursday and briefed him about the Agricultural Transformation Plan.
The Prime Minister was told that for the first time in country, agricultural mapping of Pakistan had been done under which barren lands would be brought under cultivation and the utilization of water resources would be further improved.
Under the mapping, besides the annual cultivation and identification of appropriate crops across the country including Baluchistan, a comprehensive plan for the promotion of livestock had also been formulated, it was told.
The Prime Minister was further told that besides making 6 million acres of land from Cholistan cultivable and distributing among the farmers, corporate farming will also be introduced.