Agriculture Department or Agri Punjab is department of Government of Punjab, Pakistan. The department is responsible for legislation, policy formulation, and development of agriculture sector in Punjab. Food and irrigation are separate departments.
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- Regional Agricultural Economic Development Centre
- Planning and Evaluation Cell
- Directorate General Agriculture Pest Warning Quality Control of Pesticides
- Directorate General Agriculture On Farm Water Management
- Directorate General Agriculture Field
- Directorate of Agriculture Economics Marketing
- Directorate of Agriculture Crop Reporting Services
- Directorate of Agriculture Information
- Directorate of Agriculture Floriculture
- Punjab Seed Corporation
- Punjab Agricultural Research Board
- References
Regional Agricultural Economic Development Centre
Regional Agricultural Economic Development Centre (RAEDC) Vehari was established in 1991. The purpose of this Center is to upgrade the technical skills of farmers as well as employees of Agriculture Department through imparting training in the related disciplines.
Planning and Evaluation Cell
Planning and Evaluation Cell was established in 1981-82 to deal with all technical matters regarding foreign funded projects. The organization makes liaison with Donors, Provincial & Federal Governments for seeking technical and financial assistance.
Directorate General Agriculture Pest Warning & Quality Control of Pesticides
Directorate General of Pest Warning & Quality Control of Pesticides Punjab responsible for monitoring of pest development and executing all the plant protection activities throughout the Punjab province.
Directorate General Agriculture On Farm Water Management
The objective of OFWM is to maximize crop and water productivity by ensuring efficient conveyance, application and use of irrigation water viz-a-viz promoting improved water management interventions through user participation.
Directorate General Agriculture Field
Directorate General Agriculture Field provides engineering services to the farmers and other stakeholders in the areas including land leveling/development, well drilling, soil & water conservation, research & development related to agriculture machinery with highly skilled labour. The department is also maintaining agricultural engineering workshops throughout the Punjab for repair & maintenance of bulldozers, well drilling machinery and transport vehicles.
Directorate of Agriculture Economics & Marketing
The objective of the department is to increase the producers’ share in consumers’ rupee. The department conducts, publishes and disseminates commodity survey and marketing research reports.
Directorate of Agriculture Crop Reporting Services
Prepares production estimation of the cultivated crops.
Directorate of Agriculture Information
Responsible to disseminate information through effective use of print and electronic media for transfer of technology to enhance agricultural productivity.
Directorate of Agriculture Floriculture
Directorate of floriculture is working for the improvement of floriculture in Punjab by conducting research on different aspects of commercial Floriculture crops and imparting training to Public in the field of floriculture and landscaping.
Punjab Seed Corporation
Punjab Seed Corporation (PSC) is a semi autonomous body of the Department, for systematic production, procurement, processing and marketing of crops seed on scientific lines.
Punjab Agricultural Research Board
Punjab Agricultural Research Board (PARB) is an autonomous body of department for research planning and efficient allocation of research resource so that the agriculture innovation system of the province can generate appropriate solutions.