Farmers sell wheat to traders as Sindh delays establishing procurement centres
Business
March 16, 2021
HYDERABAD: Sindh growers have expressed concerns over provincial government’s delaying tactics when it comes to opening wheat procurement centres, as harvesting and threshing have already started in many areas.
Information gathered from different districts reveals that farmers in parts of Badin, Mirpurkhas, Umerkot, Tando Muhammad Khan, Thatta, Hyderabad and Matiari started harvesting and threshing from February 15.
The government has set wheat procurement target for 2021 at 1.4 million tons, and announced support price as Rs2,000/maund. However, the Sindh government has yet not established procurement centres in any districts of the province for the farmers to sell their product at proper rates.