The government’s Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA) had set a production target of 27.03 million tons from 9.2 hectares (22.73 million acres) in 2020. The 2020 wheat season had started on time last October and progressed well until February. Last year (2019), wheat production dropped around 2.5% to 24.47 million tons compared to 25.10 million tons in the prior year of 2018. The government had set a production target of 25.6 million ton for 2019. Moreover, the procurement was 35% (2.5 million tons) less than the target of around seven million tons by Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation (Passco) and four provincial food departments.

Source: The Express Tribune May 07, 2020 03:11 UTC