Steps are being taken for betterment of agriculture sector in Balochistan for the sake of enhancing production of food grains in the province.

For this purpose, a spokesman of Provincial Agriculture Department told Radio Pakistan Quetta correspondent that the existing agriculture training institute in Quetta is being strengthened at a cost of 500 million rupees.

He added that a special programme has been launched to enhance production of various crops through research innovations in the province at a cost of 364 million rupees.

He further said that workshops are also being held in Kalat, Musa Khel and Jaffarabad districts to give useful advices to the peasants to adopt modern means of cultivation.