Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin ur Rashid said that district commissioners have been advised to keep an eye on how to increase the use of potatoes as food.
He gave this information to reporters after the first session of the second day of the DC Conference at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on Monday (May 4) morning.
Farmers are not getting the price despite the good yield of potatoes this year. To the question of the district administrators, the minister said that the farmers have been given agricultural cards for long-term support. The card through which the farmers can know everything about how much they have to grow any crop.
The agriculture minister also said that the affected farmers in the low-lying areas flooded in the country will be given financial assistance from the funds of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Disaster Management.
