Fatima Fertiliser declares Rs 1.5 EPS, up by 46pc YoY
Fatima Fertilizer (FATIMA) announced 4Q2016 consolidated earnings of Rs 1.5/share (+46pc YoY). Earnings were supported by significantly higher urea off-take, up 1.7...
WB declares progress of $170m Sindh agricultural growth programme unsatisfactory
LAHORE
The World Bank (WB) has downgraded implementation progress (IP) rating of the $ 170 million Sindh agricultural growth programme as unsatisfactory following...
Water shortfall will impact sugarcane crop
Pakistan is facing a major water crisis during the current Kharif sowing season, which will impact the production of some key crops...
Pakistani rice rejected at Gulfood show in Dubai
Apart from falling textile exports textile, rice exports are also expected to record a reduction of around 30 percent this year as...
Water shortfall projected at 35-40 percent before start of Rabi season
Till September 20th, Balochistan faced the highest water shortfall of around 44 percent, Punjab 20 percent, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) 21 percent and Sindh 16 percent
Locusts threaten our food supply, and also the fertiliser sector
So far, the mantra for the year 2020 has been: everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Pakistan’s two biggest neighbours...
Govt allocates Rs27.96b as fertilizer subsidy
Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Bosan Friday told the Senate that the government allocated Rs 27.96 billion in...
Govt delays decision on issue of sugar exports
Islamabad: The government on Monday decided to put the decision on hold for sugar exports in an attempt to keep the commodities...
Govt constitutes committee to formulate changes in PIU for agri-credit loans
ISLAMABAD: The cabinet has setup an inter-ministerial committee to be headed by Minister for Privatization, Daniyal Aziz for formulating recommendations for changes...
Pulses, fruits being imported ahead of Ramadan despite a huge surplus
Unlike the market phenomenon of demand and supply and in an apparent move to hoard commodities ahead of the holy month of...
Law ministry, sugar millers gang up to get farmer-friendly policy revoked: Report
ISLAMABAD: A farmer-friendly policy passed by the Pakistan People’s Party government may be reverted in a scheduled meeting of the federal cabinet...
Cotton scientists for complete elimination of pink bollworm, white-fly
MULTAN: The Punjab Agriculture and Research Board (BARB) has decided to launch various schemes for the elimination of pink bollworm and whitefly...
Interest-free solar tube well scheme in final stages
ISLAMABAD: The modalities for implementation of interest-free Solar Tubewell Financing Scheme are being finalised and under which federal government would concur to...
Engro Foods signs MoU with Greenland Zone to uplift farmer’s
LAHORE: Engro Foods Limited, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Greenland Zone, a progressive provider of farm machinery and financial...
Pakistan’s food & oil imports spike up 26 percent
ISLAMABAD: The country’s food and oil import bill increased 26 percent on a year-on-year basis, touching $11.6 billion during first seven months...