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FCA meeting to review Rabi crops on 6th

RECORDER REPORT

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA) would meet here on April 6 to review the rabi crops 1999-2000 and prepare production plan with the position of inputs for Kharif crops 2000-2001.

The significance of the FCA meeting has increased mani-folds as the water level in reservoirs has reached the 'dead level'. Earlier, the meeting was to be held on March 31 but was postponed due to the non availability of provincial ministers.

The committee would review the production of Rabi crops wheat, oilseeds, gram, lentils, onions and potato and production targets, including acreage would be discussed for next Kharif crops of sugarcane and rice.

The meeting would be chaired by the federal minister for food and agriculture and would be attended by the provincial food ministers besides the concerned federal and provincial officials.