What happened: The Food, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Committee announced on Tuesday that due to the destruction of crops in flood-hit areas, farmers would be supplied free wheat seeds to be compensated for their losses. Details: The floods that hit Pakistan during the mid-monsoon season have left the country in a state of emergency. Secretary of National Food Security mentioned that the government has sufficient reserves for wheat stock. The committee chairman, Tariq Bashir, informed that an application would be launched primarily to distribute free seeds and direct subsidies to farmers in the future. The distribution of free seeds will commence on November 10. More: The members also discussed controlling the spread of diseases in livestock and fodder shortage in flood-prone areas.
