PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Agriculture, Sajjad Barkwal has urged farmers and agriculture department to work together for development sof agriculture sector and to make province self-sufficient. He expressed these views in a ceremony held under rural investment and institutional support project for the farmers of the merged districts to provide them support for agricultural machinery, land smoothing, geological protection, water conservation, bee breeding and environmental protection. On the occasion, a draw was held to select farmers for the project at Model Farm Services Center Bara district Khyber. Addressing the ceremony, the minister said that we have to highlight the need for joint efforts to make our province self-sufficient in food. He urged the farmers to take benefit from the expertise of agricultural experts. He said that aim of the project is to provide employment opportunities for area people and to improve financial position of merged district landowners by providing them assistance and needed expertise.
