ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Agriculture Storage and Service Corporation (PASSCO) has established 239 procurement centres across the country in order to initiate grain procurement drive for crop season 2021.
These centres were established to facilitate the farmers in order to sell their produce on official fixed rates and safe them from the exploitation of middle men, said Food Security Commissioner Dr imtiaz Ali Gopang.
Talking to APP here on Tuesday, he informed that proposed target for PASSCO for wheat procurement drive 2021 has been set at 1.250 million tons.
In this regard, PASSCO has already made all the necessary arrangements like requirements of logistics including supply of bardana (jute bags), gunji kits, fumigants or pesticides and , polyethylene, he added.
Target of 1.250 million tons assigned to PASSCO for the wheat crop 2021, has further been sub-allocated to field zones and established different zones to further strengthening and streamlining the procurement campaign, he added.
Dr Imtiaz further informed that delivery charges are being paid to growers at the rate of Rs 15 per bag (an increase of Rs 6 from last year, adding that security of jute bag is fixed at Rs280 per bag, which will be returned to growers on same day on receipt of filled wheat bags.
The issuance of bardana is made at maximum 12 jute bags per acre, he said adding that flex banners containing salient features of Wheat Procurement Policy (in Urdu version), will be displayed at every Purchase Centre of PASSCO for general information of growers and farmers of the area. – Agencies
