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Formulating and implementing necessary policies and business plans for the development and expansion of agricultural crops/goods.
• Conducting special programs to uplift the farming community.
• Conducting special programs to uplift the marginalized farming community.
• Collecting and updating data related to agriculture.
• Formulating and implementing policies related to market and other agricultural infrastructure development.
• Arranging agricultural produce market place.
• To develop wholesale, retail and wholesale markets, collection centers and other market infrastructure at suitable strategic locations at the provincial level.
• Providing various service facilities and concessions to agricultural businessmen.
• To support the provincial government by monitoring the supply status of agricultural materials such as fertilizers and seeds.
• Formulating and implementing reform policies.
• Prepare a soil fertility map at the provincial level and take necessary actions to improve the fertility based on it.
• Increasing access to soil testing services and providing Soil Health Card.
• Arranging quality resource seed production and distribution.
• To control the quality of agricultural materials including fertilizers and seeds.
• Conducting programs for germplasm conservation, promotion and ethnic registration of endangered crops.
• At the provincial level, by conducting promotional programs for auxiliary crops, local, endangered and neglected crops, conducting special programs to increase the consumption of these crops and improve eating habits.
• To play an effective role in ensuring the rights of plant breeders and farmers at the provincial level.
• Monitoring and analyzing the state of food security and supporting the provincial government.
• Identify and develop and promote important crops/items from the point of view of food security.
• Formulating and planning appropriate policies related to crop protection and commercial pests at the provincial level.
• Making necessary arrangements for the operation of beekeeping, sericulture, mushroom production programs based on specific locations.
• Formulate and implement necessary policies, plans and standards for postharvest management at the provincial level.
• To promote agricultural mechanization at the provincial level