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Fake pesticides, fertilisers dealers to be dealt with an iron hand'

The Minister for Agriculture Punjab, Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh has said that government will protect the rights of farmers and dealers and fake pesticides and fertilisers will be dealt with iron hands. Addressing the concluding session of Planning Meeting of Annual Research Programme of AARI for Rabi 2008-09 held at Ayub Agricultural Research Institute, Faisalabad. He stressed the scientists to evolve the varieties having high yield potential and formulate effective recommendations about their production technologies, so that production of farmers should be increased to ensure their welfare.