Articles about: Agriculture; imports; exports; discussions in the media; situation of grains inside Pakistan; items related to Pakistani agriculture.
LAHORE: As Pakistan's wheat harvest season gains momentum, farmers in Punjab and across the country are getting extremely worried about the losses they are facing due to the federal government's decision to abolish the wheat sup...
LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz met a delegation from the US Congress on Tuesday during which matters relating to important issues of mutual interest were discussed and it was agreed to take effective steps to further...
NAROWAL: Wheat farmers across Punjab are protesting against what they say are unjust wheat support prices and poor government procurement policies. From Sheikhupura to Dera Ghazi Khan, demonstrations, sit-ins and cl...
Pakistan is on the brink of a worsening water crisis, one that threatens its inter provincial relationship, agriculture, economy, and food security. Ranked among the most water-stressed nations in the world, it faces the alarmin...
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFSR) presented the report in the National Assembly (NA) that in line with IMF commitments, the federal government will not procure wheat this year. However, in...
The current water flow situation indicates a grim scenario for Kharif crop sowing in Sindh, where the cultivation season begins early. In its meeting last week of March, the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) concluded that the...
The Punjab government is playing with fire. After engineering last year’s wheat price collapse through deliberate policy decisions, it has now turned on the growers, dismissing their grievances as exaggerated theatrics. Just l...
LAHORE: A high agricultural yield in a land economy would naturally be seen as a positive development. However, in the absence of modern storage, processing and packaging facilities, having surplus production only leads to two u...
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has voiced its support for the farming community's demands following the Punjab government's decision to deregulate the wheat market — a policy shift being met with mixed reactions ac...
Pakistan’s cotton sector is facing a multifaceted yet resolvable crisis, rooted in systemic weaknesses such as lack of coordination among research institutions, institutional silos, the dominance of vested interests, and a cri...