Pakistan’s fertilizer subsidy conundrum
The ins and outs of how fertilizer subsidies work, and how they can be improved
Sugar millers to pay Punjab farmers 11pc mark-up on delayed payments
LAHORE: In order to put an end to farmers' exploitation and ensure timely payments of their harvest, Punjab Cane Commissioner Muhammad Zaman Wattoo...
FFC announces half-yearly financial results in 200th BoD meeting
RAWALPINDI: In the 200th meeting of Board of Directors of Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited (FFC) held on July 27, 2020, the Board...
Local production of Fertilizer crucial for PM’s vision of ‘Making Pakistan the Food Basket for the World’
The year 2019 ended on a high note with the Government celebrating a saving of approximately $250 million in foreign exchange that...
Bahawalpur farmers demand action against ‘middlemen’ hampering sugar trade
A large number of sugarcane farmers from different areas of Bahawalpur district have claimed that the district administration is not taking action...
Food ministry, CCP to take action against collusion, cartelisation in wheat industry
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of National Food Security and Research (NFSR) in collaboration with Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has decided to chalk out...
PM directs to ensure uniform flour price across country
ISLAMABAD:Â Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday directed to ensure uniform prices of wheat and flour across the country.
Presiding over a meeting about...
Chinese envoy meets PM; says next CPEC stage to focus on investing, buying more from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador in Pakistan Yao Jing met Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday and said the next stage of China Pakistan...
China opens doors to Pakistani cherry with strict conditions
Under the protocol, local cherries need to be kept under one-degree temperature for over 18 days after which health of fruit will be checked for final export
Govt unveils Rs309bn Agricultural Emergency Programme
-- Jahangir Tareen says agricultural spending will be taken up to Rs70bn in next four years
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday unveiled...
Govt to introduce marketing platforms for farmers
ISLAMABAD:Â Planning Minister Makhdum Khusro Bakhtiar has said that the incumbent government was taking steps to reinvigorate the agriculture sector, as more than...
PM’s aide chairs Fertilizer Review Committee, discusses measures for farmers’ uplift
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood chaired a meeting of the Fertilizer Review Committee (FRC) to deliberate on...
Saudi Arabia to start next phase of flour mill privatization
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia’s state grain buyer SAGO said it will start the next phase of the sale of its flour mills on...
KP govt introduces reforms to uplift agri sector
PESHAWAR:Â The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has introduced goal-oriented reforms to facilitate and uplift the agriculture sector.
Addressing the farmers at village Shahbaig in Mardan,...
PSDP 2020-21: Govt allocates Rs12bn for agri sector uplift
ISLAMABAD: The government has allocated an amount of Rs12,000 million in its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2020-21 for the uplift of...