Improved farm economics boosting sectoral earnings
Despite Covid-19 and locust attack challenges, urea sales in 2020 remained in line with the five-year average of 6m tonnes
PM Imran proposes five-point agenda to uplift agriculture in developing countries
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has emphasised on global efforts to invest in sustainable agriculture infrastructure and ensure adequate and fair prices...
LHC allows growers to sell sugarcane to other provinces
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday allowed sugarcane growers to sell their crops to other provinces.
Sugar mills had challenged the...
PM seeks plan to set up farmers’ markets in Punjab, KP
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has tasked the governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to present an implementable plan, within 24 hours,...
Govt to roll out historic package for farmers soon: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the government will soon roll out a historic package for the country's farmers.
The PM...
Parliamentary body outlays seven-year agricultural growth strategy
‘The overarching objective is to achieve agriculture growth rate of 7.5pc per annum by FY2027-28 through integrated market-based value chains’
Parliamentary panel stresses focus on agriculture under CPEC
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor on Wednesday called for strengthening the agriculture sector under the CPEC framework keeping in...
Bank of Punjab, NCMCL join hands for EWR project to support farmers against storage of agri commodities
KARACHI: The Bank of Punjab (BoP) and Naymat Collateral Management Limited (NCMCL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development...
PM asks industrialists to help promote corporate farming
ISLAMABAD: Stressing the expansion of corporate farming, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday sought proposals from industrialists to modernise agriculture sector and...
Pakistan develops two new varieties of banana
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has achieved a breakthrough in banana production, as the country’s apex agricultural research institution has developed two varieties of the...
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...
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...
Wheat support price increased to Rs1,650
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday enhanced wheat support price to Rs1,650 per 40kg for the next crop.
The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC)...
ECC approves ‘PM’s package for Rabi crops’ to facilitate farmers
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has approved the ‘Prime Minister's Package for Rabi Crops, especially Wheat’.
The decision was made in a...
ECC forms eight-member committee to evaluate wheat support price
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has formed an eight-member committee to evaluate the proposal for an increase in...