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...
Food minister says ‘lack of expertise’ resulting in lower crop yield
ISLAMABAD: Giving a justification for the declining yield of major crops, particularly wheat and cotton, National Food Security and Research Minister Syed...
NA speaker vows to develop agri sector, protect farmers’ rights
SWABI:Â National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Saturday promised that at least half of Rs170 million allocated to Swabi district for poverty alleviation...
PARC recommends new potato, banana varieties for commercial cultivation in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Variety Evaluation Committee (VEC) was held at the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) on Wednesday to discuss...
Pakistan no longer under locust threat, NLCC told
ISLAMABAD: The menace of desert locusts has now been completely brought under control in the country, with the Food and Agriculture Organization...
PARC to produce two million disease-resistant potato tubers using tissue culture technology
ISLAMABAD: Tissue culture technology is being widely used for large-scale plant multiplication and gives a science-based solution for plant propagation, disease elimination...
With water scarce, Pakistan helps farmers grow more with less
LAHORE: Obaidur Rehman hoped to grow water-hungry cucumbers and capsicum peppers on land he had bought in an arid area of the...
FAO inaugurates pine nut processing unit in Diamer
CHILAS: The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), under the project 'Reversing deforestation and forest degradation in high conservation value chilogoza...
No locust found in KP, Sindh, Punjab: NLCC
ISLAMABAD: National Locust Control Centre (NLCC) said on Saturday that no pests have been reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Punjab.
However, locust...
PM seeks action plan to boost agriculture productivity
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed to prepare a timeframe-based action plan for the medium and long-term projects to enhance agriculture...
PM directs for ensuring availability of wheat throughout the country
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has directed to ensure availability of sufficient stock of wheat in line with the requirements of...
Eight agri research centres to be established under CPEC: envoy
ISLAMABAD: Outgoing Chinese Ambassador Yao Jing said on Friday that eight agricultural research centers would be constructed as part of agricultural cooperation...