Papering over cracks through crackdowns
A national vegetable policy is required that identifies potential production areas in different ecological zones...
Ahmad Fraz Khan
Supply concerns weigh on prices
Traders believe the government needs to allow the import of 200,000 to 300,000 tonnes of wheat, at least for Karachi.
Story of missed agriculture targets being repeated
Cotton crop alone is expected to cost the national exchequer over $2 billion in imports and bring the national ...
Marchers ‘ready’ for the long haul
LAHORE: The JUI-F crowd, accompanying its chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman for the last three days in his ‘Azadi...
Fazl seems more interested in action than words
LAHORE: It is premature to call it a march, a dharna (sit-in) or a rally: what the JUI-F is doing is taking a sea of...
Aligned with provincial policy
The SDGs, which bind Pakistan — and Punjab by extension — to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030, have been ...
Mango galore
An increase in acreage and improvement in farming practices could double production in the next five years.
Cotton woes and Indian import ban
The Indian ban on imports means cotton may have to be sourced from the US.
Believing in miracles
Punjab’s agricultural growth strategy envisages increase in total factor productivity by 300pc and creation of 1.26
AGRICULTURE: Chaos in the wheat market
The Punjab Food Department has no idea how much wheat to procure to ensure national food security next year
Research rigmarole
AS experts put it, one word that defines agriculture research scene in Pakistan is ‘directionless’. It lacks sustained
Pakistani rice: Second to all
Improvements in supply and marketing are still a distant dream.
Drop in kinno exports may get steeper
Pakistan exports less than 10pc of its kinno crop.
Recycling policies
Barely eight months after notifying an agriculture policy, the Punjab government is at it again.
For some crops, rain spells provide relief
The Irsa system now has additional 1.7maf water from the system. With more to come in the rest of February, savings are
It’s time to export more than a pinch of salt
How can Pakistan exploit its salt potential and tap into the 270-million-tonne annual global demand for quality salt?
Depreciation, subsidy removal fuelling inflation
Prices will go further up if the government intervenes to help farmers by raising the prices of wheat and sugar cane
Wheat: temporary glut or overproduction?
The commodity may be in abundance today, but climate change can wipe out the minor surplus within a year.
Punjab: upsetting the apple cart
No one knows for sure how the Rs7bn ADP will be spent.
Water scarcity to hit Rabi crops next
Country has started the season with the second lowest storage ever.