by Punjabnewswire4u (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH SEPT 20
Punjab has been awarded the Best Performance Award under National Food Security Mission for Wheat for 2008-09 for best overall performance in terms of organization and management of various resources for implementation of Mission interventions and consequent outcomes.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Punjab government said that the award was presented by Union Agriculture Minister Mr. Sharad Pawar during the National Conference for Rabi crops held at New
Delhi on 18-19 September, 2010. The award was received by the Director Agriculture Mr. Balwinder Singh Sidhu on behalf of the state.
The spokesperson further said that ten districts of Punjab were covered
under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) -Wheat which contributed 84.15 lac tonnes of wheat during 2008-09 which was 9 per cent more than the base year 2006-07. The productivity of NFSM districts had also increased to 4397 kg/hectare as compare to 4128 kg/hectare during the corresponding period. There has also been an impressive increase of 8% over the base year in overall production of the State which increased to 157.33 lac MT as compared 150 lac MT during the base year.
Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal had been vigorously pursuing with the Centre to include all the 20 districts of the State under NFSM-Wheat and also to include the State under NFSM-Rice so that the contribution of the State to the Central Pool could be further improved. This would also help the farmers of the State in better access to the agricultural inputs and the latest technology inproduction of rice and wheat, added the spokesperson.
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