Crop Industry News: Pakistan
19 December 2011
Wheat Output Likely to Fall Short of TargetPAKISTAN - Pakistan is likely to have a considerable reduction in wheat production this year as poor management and policies of the government hampered sowing of the crop this year....
28 November 2011
Only A Third Of Wheat Target SownPAKISTAN - Owing to the highest ever input prices, farmers are reluctant to sow wheat, meaning that to date the target of 22 million acres has not been met. It is estimated that no more that...
24 November 2011
Wheat Support Price Gone Up to Rs 1,050PAKISTAN - A meeting, which was presided over by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani at the Prime Minister's House in Islamabad yesterday, decided to fix the wheat support price for next year...
Fixed Price of Sugarcane Rejected PAKISTAN - Convener National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Khawaja Mohammad Khan Hoti MNA, has outright rejected the fixed price of sugarcane and termed it as economic murder of the poor growers....
10 November 2011
Rain-Hit Areas: Complete Wheat Sowing by NovemberPAKISTAN - Pakistan Meteorological Department Director General Arif Mehmood on Wednesday advised farmers of rain-fed areas of Punjab, particularly Potohar region and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa to complete...
11 October 2011
Prices Critical for Pakistan Rice Exports PAKISTAN - Rice prices are very critical for Pakistan as they constitute approximately nine percent of Pakistans total exports and rice is the second largest foreign exchange earner after cotton....
04 October 2011
Climate Change taking Heavy Toll on Pakistan, says MinisterPAKISTAN - Climate Change is taking a heavy toll on Pakistan, said Mister for Science and Technology (S&T) Mir Changez Khan Jamali while addressing a technical session of the 5th International...
19 April 2011
Growers Urged to Sow Bt Cotton VarietiesPAKISTAN - Lodhran district officer for agriculture Irfan Cheema has urged growers to choose Bt cotton varieties for cotton sowing in fields left free following wheat harvests while keeping...
06 April 2011
Good Wheat Harvest Expected In Pakistan PAKISTAN - A large-scale distribution by FAO of wheat seeds to the victims of last year's floods in Pakistan is now ripe to yield enough food for half a million poor rural households. ...
28 October 2010
FAO Distributes Seed Wheat in PakistanPAKISTAN - FAO has begun a large-scale distribution of wheat seeds in Pakistan that will benefit well over half a million farming families or nearly five million people....
01 October 2010
Floods Destroyed Billions of Tonnes of CropsPAKISTAN - The human cost of the devastating floods has been compounded by the loss of crops worth around 281.6 billion rupees (PKR; £3.998 billion)....
24 September 2010
Authorities Seek Kenyan Export AgreementPAKISTAN – Pakistani rice exporters have enlisted the help of government officials to press Kenyan authorities to release hundreds of containers held in Nairobi....
15 September 2010
Flood Damage Prompts 1m-Tonne Sugar ImportPAKISTAN – Asia's third-largest sugar consumer, Pakistan, could import as much as one million tonnes of the sweetener in 2011, after the country's worst-ever floods destroyed around 15 per...
02 September 2010
Seed Losses 'A Threat To 2011 Wheat Harvest'PAKISTAN – Severe floods that continue to ravage parts of Pakistan have reportedly destroyed more than 500,000 tonnes of seed wheat as the country's planting season approaches, extending concerns...
01 September 2010
PSMA Demands Duty-Free Sugar ImportsPAKISTAN – The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has warned that the country's current shortage of sugar could worsen in the wake of recent floods that are thought to have devastated...
19 August 2010
Sugar Prices Rise Amid Cancelled Import PlansPAKISTAN – Domestic sugar prices have once again increased, after a six-member ministerial team set up by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) scrapped proposals to import 500,000 tonnes...
04 August 2010
Floods Destroy Farmers' LivelihoodsPAKISTAN – Devastating floods that have swept away villages and killed more than 1,400 people across the Asian nation of Pakistan are also estimated to have cost some of the country's farmers'...
07 July 2010
Wheat Damage Inquiry OrderedPAKISTAN – An inquiry has been ordered in Pakistan after thousands of bags of wheat were left to rot in the open after workers contracted to move them neglected their duties amid a row with...
29 June 2010
Afghan Exports Resume After Four Year BanPAKISTAN – Officials in Pakistan have announced that, following a four-year ban, the export of wheat products to Afghanistan is to resume this week....
21 June 2010
Rice Crop Hit By Water ShortagesPAKISTAN – This season's rice harvest in Pakistan is expected to fall by 14 per cent from last year, as India limits the country's water supplies, a financial website has reported....
15 June 2010
Low Prices Boost Rice ExportsPAKISTAN – Exports of rice from Pakistan leaped by 50 per cent, to 4.5 million tonnes, in the twelve months leading to June, one of the country's newspapers has reported....
04 June 2010
Wheat Consumption Falls By 10%PAKISTAN – Annual consumption of wheat in Pakistan has dropped by ten per cent in the last 12 months due to rising prices, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said....
12 May 2010
Agriculture Suffers From InefficienciesPAKISTAN - The Pakistan agriculture sector is suffering from "major inefficiencies", it has been claimed. ...
05 May 2010
Food Security Ensured With Bumper Crop ProductionPAKISTAN - Pakistan has ensured food security with the production of 36.052 million tonnes of food grains....
23 April 2010
Rice, Maize Production Set To DeclinePAKISTAN - Production of rice and maize is set to decline by 30 to 40 per cent in Pakistan if the government reduces electricity supply to the agriculture sector, according to a report....
13 April 2010
Rabi Season Wheat Production Below TargetPAKISTAN - Pakistan has estimated 23.87 million tonnes of wheat production for the Rabi season in 2009-10, below the 25 million tonne target....
23 March 2010
Embrace Modern Farming to Boost Sugarcane CropPAKISTAN – Farmers in Pakistan have been urged to embrace modern and scientific methods to boost sugarcane production in the country by speakers at a recent conference....
09 March 2010
Farmers 'Will Receive 10,000 New Tractors'PAKISTAN - The government in Pakistan will provide 10,000 more tractors to the growers across the country to improve agricultural productivity, according to an official....
11 February 2010
Oilseed Crop Cultivation Fears RevealedPAKISTAN - The cultivation of oilseed crops in Pakistan has dropped, leading to fears that even half of the sowing target will not be reached....
29 January 2010
Wheat Crop Threatened by DroughtPAKISTAN - Many Pakistani farmers' wheat crops for 2010 could be under threat from the ongoing drought-like conditions....
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