During Rabi season 2022-23, Pakistan’s onion crops would be cultivated on 162,000 hectares to produce about 2.422 million tons of onions. Potatoes should be grown on over 226,000 hectares, to produce 6.029 million tons of potatoes for fulfilling the domestic requirements as well as to export.
In Punjab, the potatoes would be cultivated on 221,000 hectares as output targets for the province have been fixed at 5.966 million tons during the current season. According to an official in the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, the Sindh province was assigned a task to grow potatoes over 700 hectares to produce 65,000 tons, adding that the crop production targets were assigned in a meeting of the Federal Committee on Agriculture.
The potatoes and onions are included in minor crops of the country and vital sources to tackle the domestic vegetables requirements, he said, adding that the potatoes crop would be grown over 2,500 hectares in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to produce over 30,300 tons and in Balochistan, the potatoes cultivation targets were fixed at 26,200 tons to tackle with the domestic needs.
Source: nation.com.pk