ISLAMABAD: The Federal Committee on Agriculture, under the Ministry of National Food Security and Research, has set production targets for key Kharif crops for the 2025-26 season.

At its meeting on Thursday, chaired by Food Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain, the committee fixed the rice production target at 9.17 million tonnes, to be cultivated over 3m hectares (around 7.4m acres) across the country.

The meeting expressed concern over soil moisture deficiencies, warning that drier conditions expected in May could hinder Kharif sowing in northern Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and northern Balochistan. The........

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