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Agri sector

shows remarkable

growth in 1994-95

ISLAMABAD: The efforts to improve the agriculture sector by the government are bearing fruitful results. During the financial year 1994-95, this sector showed remarkable outcomes in its growth as compared to the preceding fiscal years.

During the period under review the agrarian growth is estimated at 4.94 percent as compared to 2.86 percent growth achieved during 1993-94. It recorded a sharp revival in the growth of major crops from 0.03 percent to 6.03 percent.

There have been encouraging increases in the production of wheat, soyabean, basmati rice and grams.

The redeemable features of major sub sector is that declining trend in cotton has not only been stemmed but a production of 7.2 million bales has been attained.-APP