The main functions of agriculture department are as follows:
- Legislation, policy formulation and sectoral planning regarding:
- Agriculture Education, Training and Research including Agricultural University, Faisalabad and Pir Mehr Ali Shah University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi and pre-service/in-service training at Agriculture Training institutes
- Adaptive Research and Research Farms
- Improvement of agricultural and water management methods
- Protection against insects, pests, prevention of plants diseases and quality control of pesticides
- Soil Fertility and Soil Conservation
- Mechanization, reclamation of land, use of agriculture machinery ploughing, tube-wells and installation and research Agricultural Engineering (Agricultural Machinery and Implements), Water Management Training and Research Institute, Lahore
- Agricultural Information and publications/training
- Agricultural Statistics
- Preparation and review of agricultural production strategy in coordination with district agriculture extension
- Arboricultural Operations
- Monitoring of Agriculture inputs like fertilizers, pesticides and irrigation through field extension staff
- Promotion of modern agriculture technologies and other extension activities through method/result demonstration, farmers gatherings, print and electronic media, etc.
- Training and Research on Floriculture Seed Farms/Green Belts
- Market Information and intelligence System and matters common to all Market Committees
- Agricultural Loans/subsidies
- Water Management Operations, Planning, Research and Coordination
- Production, multiplication and marketing of certified seed through Punjab Seed Corporation
- Coordination and Strengthening of Research activities in Agriculture, Livestock, Irrigation, Water Management, Forest and Fisheries sectors through Punjab Agricultural Research Board
- Economic Planning and policy-making in respect of agriculture in the province
- Plant Protection:
- Standardization of local and imported pesticides
- Plant quarantine
- Economic studies for framing agricultural policy
- Farm management research for planning project formulating and evaluation in the province
- Grading of Agricultural commodities other than food grains, for exports
- Agricultural commodity research (marketing research and laboratory research for laying down district, regional and provincial grades)
- Soil survey, comprehensive inventory of soil resources of province and their proper utilization
- Standardization of fertilizers for meeting provincial requirements
- Introduction of special crops like jute, tea, olive etc.
- Under-development areas:
- Identification of under-development areas
- Identification of the fields in which an area is under-developed
- Measures necessary to remove the causes of under-development in different areas
- Socio-Economic studies for framing agricultural research policies
- Research for the introduction of improved germs plasm, relating to agriculture
- Collection of statistics on agricultural research
- High level manpower training for agricultural research and on farm management
- Pest Scouting, Pest Survey, Pest Warning, Quality Control of Pesticides, Research on Plant Protection, training of pesticides dealers, farmers and extension workers in plant protection
- Budget, accounts and audit matters
- Purchase of stores and capital goods for the department
- Services matters except those entrusted to Services and General Administration Department
- Administration of the Agriculture related laws and the rules
- Maters incidental and ancillary to the above subjects