HYDERABAD: High prices of different agricultural inputs and substandard seeds are negatively impacting per acre yield and making farming difficult throughout Pakistan, especially in Sindh.

At a seminar organised by the Sindh Abadgar Board and Sindh Chamber of Agriculture in collaboration with Monsanto Pakistan, the leadership of the two farmers’ bodies said that there is an urgent need to bring down the input costs and ensure the availability of quality seeds to farmers so that productivity of Pakistan’s agriculture could be increased.

The representatives, according to a press release, urged the federal and provincial governments to facilitate private sector companies including multinationals for introducing latest agricultural technologies, particularly new seed varieties.

Published in Dawn, August 21st, 2014