The Fund is pushing Pakistan to end support price intervention as the system continues to put a burden on the public exchequer.
Updated23 Sep, 202410:12am
Farmers resort to in-situ burning due to a lack of effective and affordable residue management technologies, coupled with labour shortages.
Updated16 Sep, 202409:20am
An increase in Pakistan’s total cultivable area would be 8pc, which would be offset within three years due to the high population growth rate.
Updated09 Sep, 202409:28am
Due to its cost-effective harvest time, using sugar beet in conjunction with sugarcane would be an economical way to meet the country’s demand for the sweetener.
Published02 Sep, 202407:46am
These practices enhance soil water retention and nutrient availability, lowering irrigation, fertiliser and pesticide requirements.
Published12 Aug, 202410:32am
These practices may enhance soil water retention and nutrient availability, lowering irrigation, fertiliser and pesticide requirements.
Updated12 Aug, 202410:30am
Requiring all farmers with more than 12 acres to file agriculture income tax returns would result in around Rs0.7m in returns annually.
Published22 Jul, 202409:09am
Requiring all farmers with more than 12 acres to file agriculture income tax returns would result in around Rs0.7m in returns annually.
Updated22 Jul, 202409:06am
The government must pursue long-term policies to enhance crop yields and address food inflation instead of short-sighted myopic ones.
Updated03 Jun, 202408:01am
Govt must look into short to medium term water management as surging rice farming and depleting ground water may lead to serious environment consequences.
Published13 May, 202408:51am
Govt’s inability to set sustainable wheat support price policy due to corrupt procurement system harms farmers’ profits and national agricultural productivity.
Updated06 May, 202410:03am
