FAISALABAD:The divisional livestock department distributed 90 poultry units among farmers in rural areas of the district Jhang on Tuesday.
The poultry unit comprised of 11 hens and a male hen and it was given to the farmers at a subsidized rate of Rs 1180 per unit.
Sources said that poultry birds would be given phase-wise in all districts of division Faisalabad. The objective of the effort is to provide protein to people in the shape of eggs and quality meat, he added.