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Development of agriculture sector, govt’s top most priority: PM
January 15, 2021

Prime Minister Imran Khan says development of agriculture sector and modernizing it is government's top priority as sixty percent of population is linked with this sector.

Chairing a meeting in Lahore on Friday, the Prime Minister directed the Punjab government to formulate a separate and comprehensive action plan for the value chain of each agricultural product to improve quality of the produce.

He directed to fully focus on the value addition of agricultural production in addition to solving the basic problems of food security.

Imran Khan also directed to make a comprehensive strategy to increase existing capability of the agricultural produce to three times.

He also instructed to run the agriculture related sectors including livestock, agricultural production and fisheries in a modern and corporate way to ensure complete reforms in this field.