AC orders one-window services for farmers

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 8th Jul, 2026) Assistant Commissioner Dr. Muhammad Hamid Siddique paid a detailed visit to the Farmer Facilitation Centre near Bab-e-Dera, where he reviewed its performance and directed officials to establish a comprehensive one-window service system aimed at providing farmers with all essential agricultural facilities under one roof.

During the visit, officials from the Agriculture Department, Livestock Department, Soil Consortium and other relevant departments briefed the Assistant Commissioner on the centre's operations, ongoing activities and the services currently being provided to the farming community.

The visit was conducted on the directives of the Deputy Commissioner of Dera Ismail Khan to assess the centre's performance and further strengthen services for farmers.

Dr. Siddique also inspected the Agriculture Research Block and the Soil Testing Laboratory, where he reviewed the soil testing process and agricultural research initiatives.

He instructed the centre's management to develop, within 15 days, an integrated system under which every farmer visiting the facility can access soil testing and analysis, crop-specific recommendations, subsidised fertilisers under government schemes, tractors, threshers and other agricultural machinery, along with technical guidance and field support from agricultural assistants throughout the cultivation process.

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The assistant commissioner further directed the centre to regularly organise awareness sessions, training programmes and advisory meetings to familiarise farmers with modern agricultural technology, improved farming practices, efficient irrigation methods, crop protection measures and updated livestock management techniques.

Emphasising transparency and efficiency, Dr. Siddique said the Farmer Facilitation Centre should be transformed into a model farmer-friendly institution where all services are delivered promptly and effectively under one roof.

He also instructed officials to involve representatives of the farming community in key matters and ensure transparent monitoring of the pricing, distribution and management of subsidised fertilisers and other government-supported agricultural services so that their benefits reach farmers directly.

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