Rice exports grew by 31.91pc during first quarter of FY 2017-18
ISLAMABAD: Rice exports from the country during first three months of current financial year grew by 31.91 percent compared to exports in...
Agriculture loans mark up rates should be brought down to single digits: Bosan
Minister for National Food Security and Research, Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan on Thursday suggested bringing mark up rate on agriculture loans down...
National food security ministry partners with USAID to enable agri-technology
KARACHI: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Pakistan Ministry of National Food Security and Research (NFS&R) launched USAID’s...
Govt asked to settle issues between sugar millers, growers
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) Monday urged the government to find a solution to the standoff between cane millers...
Govt contemplating to export surplus wheat
Mr Dawood highlighted the surplus of wheat in the country needs to be exported for reining in the decline of foreign currency reserves and save storage cost of the commodity
18pc water shortfall in Kharif season expected, says IRSA
According to Indus River System Authority (IRSA), provinces will face 18% shortfall of water in the cultivation of different crops during Kharif...
Water scarcity could hit major crops cultivation during Kharif season
ISLAMABAD: The looming water crisis according to the government could impact cultivation of the major food crops during the ongoing season but...
Unpredictable rain pattern forces Punjab to build new irrigation systems
LAHORE: Most of Tajammul Abbas’s 17 acres of farmland produces nothing but fodder for his buffalo and three goats. His land, and...
Punjab government gives go ahead for Rs22bn agriculture programme despite expired contracts
LAHORE: Punjab government has given go-ahead for the Rs 22.813 billion Punjab Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Programme, despite the expiry of contracts for...
Poultry industry lays bare heavy handedness by FBR before Dar
The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) on Monday laid bare the highly unfair treatment meted out to the industry by the tax mandarins...
Govt allocates Rs100bn for Diamer-Basha, Dasu dams
ISLAMABAD: State Minister for Finance Rana Muhammad Afzal Khan on Friday informed the Senate that an amount of Rs100 billion has been...
Sugarcane pricing unsettling farming community
ISLAMABAD:Â The Senate Standing Committee on Food Security and Research has been told that the full price of sugarcane is not being paid...
Punjab Soil Atlas launched, aims at strengthening agriculture
ISLAMABAD
Pakistan launched the Punjab Soil Fertility Atlas on Thursday - a publication aimed at monitoring and sustaining soil fertility and strengthening the...
Pakistan, Canada agree to work for enhancement of agriculture sector
ISLAMABAD: The Commerce Minister of Pakistan, Pervaiz Malik and the Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Mr. Lawrence MacAulay agreed to boost...
Rice worth $107.896m was exported in July 2017
Islamabad: Rice worth US$ 107.896 million has been exported during the first month of current financial year.
Rice exports from the country during...