Lahore: The Agriculture Commission has been formed to promote profitable and sustainable development in agriculture sector as per the direction of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz.
According to official sources here on Friday a notification in this regard has also been issued.
As per the notification, Punjab Agriculture Minister Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani has been appointed as chairman of the Agriculture Commission. Other members of the commission included Punjab Irrigation Minister Muhammad Kazim Pirzada, Punjab Finance Minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman and others.
Overall 31 members have been included in the commission including progressive farmers and other stakeholders.
The Agriculture Commission would give recommendations for food security in the province and profitable farming while the commission would also prepare recommendations to boost yielding capacity of crop, water, weather change and with regard to value addition.
The commission would send recommendations to the Punjab government for setti
ng up agro ecological zones and for improvement in research and development.