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Tissue
culture technology for Agricultural Improvement
in pakistan
LAHORE–New tissue culture technology will revolutionize the
agriculture sector of the country as by using cheap, virus
free and healthy seed, the production of sugarcane is expected
to increase to 1800 mund per acre from the present 450 mund
per acre.
Agro Information Technology Center
LAHORE-The federal government has
conveyed the administrative approval for the establishment of
Agro Information Technology Center at Tandojam at a total cost
of Rs. 34 million.
This project was approved by the Departmental Development
Working Party (DDWP) of IT & Telecom Division, held recently
under the chairmanship of Mr. Ashfaq Mehmood Secretary IT &
Telecom Division.
The project will be executed by the Sindh Agricultural
University and will be funded out of the block allocation of
IT & Telecom Division in the development budget of year
2000-2001.
President launches Monsoon Tree
Plantation campaign
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RAWALPINDI-President General
Pervez Musharraf launched the Monsoon Tree Plantation campaign
in the Armed Forces by planting saplings at Joint Staff
Headquarters and General Headquarters here on July 27.
Senior Armed Forces officers were present at both the venues.
Special 'Dua' was offered for the prosperity and progress of
the country.
Chanhio for further improvement in performance of ATI Sakrand
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HYDERABAD-Sindh Minister for
Agriculture and Food Hassan Ali Chanhio has emphasised the
need for further improvement in performance of Agriculture
Training Institute Sakrand so that it could be upgraded to
Agriculture Service Training Academy.
During his visit to the Institute on July 21 evening, the
minister observed that time has come to revise the previous
syllabus and provide effective guidelines to the under trainee
field assistants so that they could acquire latest agriculture
information and technique from this institute.
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Kalabagh Dam must for uplift, says Musharraf
Project to be launched at suitable time after consensus
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LAHORE-President General
Pervez Musharraf has said that Kalabagh Dam is essential for
the optimum use of the country’s vast available water
resources saying that the project would be launched at
suitable time after consensus.
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Dairy-Rangers Rangers launch "Dairy" project
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LAHORE-Pakistan Rangers, Punjab in
collaboration with Prime Dairies has launched a "Welfare Dairy
Project" covering the entire border areas stretching around
the Punjab province. Official sources said here on July 25
that for quite some time it was being felt that some of the
multinational companies and local giants in this sector have
monopolised the system to suit their vested interests ignoring
the poor farmers and cattle owners in the neglected and
underdeveloped border areas.
The strategy adopted by these companies had created a system
of 2-3 middle men who were minting money at the cost of cattle
owners. The poor farmers were the least beneficiary in this
vicious circle who have now taken a sigh of relief due to
Pakistan Rangers' s active participation in this field.
Now the Rangers have approached the farmers directly
abolishing the menace of middle men thereby taking the
prosperity right at their door steps. Breaking the myth of
milk mafia was a big deal which has now been done with
commendable efforts undertaken by the Pakistan Rangers.
July 26
Training course arranged for pesticide
dealers
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OKARA-Agriculturists, pesticide
dealers and field staff of agriculture department should make
co-ordinated efforts to take full advantage of the recent
advancements made in the field of agriculture and increase per
acre yield.
This was stated by agri experts while addressing the
participants of Training programme 2001 for pesticide dealesrs
here. They said agriculturists can not only improve their own
economic condition but can also play a leading role in
improveing financial condition of the country by adopting
modern methods of cultivation.
Later, addressing the certificate distribution ceremony of the
course, Additional Deputy Commissioner General said that the
farmers should fully utilize the facilities being offered by
government for development of agri sector.
July 26
ADBP
announces rate of profit on PLS
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LAHORE-The Agricultural
Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP) has announced the rate of
Profit on PLS Saving and Term Deposit accounts for the Second
half year (January-June, 2001) of Fy'2000-2001.
According to bank sources, it has announced 3.1% per annum
profit on both PLS Saving Accounts and Business Deposit
Accounts.
On PLS Term Deposit Accounts the ADBP has announced profit
rates as under.
03 Months 3.4 % p.a
06 Months 4.0 % p.a
12 Months 4.2 % p.a
24 Months 4.9 % p.a
36 Months 5.0 % p.a
48 Months 5.2 % p.a
60 Months & above 5.6 % p.a
July 26
ADBP directed to publicise
incentive schemes
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ISLAMABAD - Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz has directed the
Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP) to properly
publicize lending schemes and incentives offered to the
farming community of the country.
"For larger benefit of the farming community all ADBP offers
and packages should be fully disclosed through electronic and
print media," officials of the Bank said on Wednesday quoting
the minister.Detail
115 prizes
announced in Kissan Inaami Scheme
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LAHORE-First Draw of Kissan
Inaami Scheme was held at a local hotel July 24 in which names
of 115 lucky winners were announced including two tractors.The
tractors were won by Coupon number 40742 and 289781. Other
prizes announced were 6 motorcycles, 22 colour T.V. and 85
Radio Cassette. Punjab Home Secretary Brigadier Syed Ijaz Shah
speaking as chief guest on the occasion said that Pakistani
farmers have shown excellent performance by increasing
production of wheat, cotton, fruits and vegetables.
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Growers delegation meet
Punjab Minister Ranjha
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LAHORE-The punjab law
Minister Dr. Khalid RanJha has said that Rs. 700 million have
been earmarked by the Punjab Govrnment for the improvement of
agriculture sector in the Annual Development programme .
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Arrangements of 'One Window Operation' reviewed
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BHAKKAR-The
arrangements of 'One Window Operation' to issue loans to the
growers at their door step for Kharif crops were reviewed in a
meeting of the District Agricultural Development Committee
under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Ch. Ghulam
Sarwar here on Tuesday. Detail
CCRIS playing
vital role in evolving high yielding cotton variety
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HYDERABAD-The Central
Cotton Research Institute Sakrand (CCRIS), a
multi-disciplinary mono-crop research organization is playing
vital role in evolving high yielding cotton variety for
growers in order to further boost up the cotton production, a
key crop of the agriculture sector of the country.
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Wapda unfolds water and hydropower
projects
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LAHORE-The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has
unfolded six water and 10 hydropower ‘priority’ projects for
local and foreign investment under its Vision 2025 to mitigate
water shortage and meet the future power generation
requirements of the country.
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Agri tax recovery from current year
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LAHORE-Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz has said the
Agriculture Income Tax will be recovered from the current
fiscal year after the process of filing of returns is
completed.
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Corporate farming;
Foreign, local investors to get state land
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LAHORE: The federal
government has entrusted the task to the Commerce Minister,
Abdul Razzak Dawood to collect details of the state land from
all the four provinces to be given under corporate agriculture
farming (CAF). Sources told The News that the step had been
taken to speed up the process of allotment of land to both
foreign and local investors for CAF all over the country. The
government had come to know that a number of local and foreign
investors were interested in investing in the agriculture and
livestock sectors.
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Area
under cotton up by 11pc
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KARACHI: Federal Food
and Agriculture Minister Khair Mohammad Junejo has said that
area under cotton crop has increased by 11.37 per cent to
2.851 million hectares against the set target despite water
shortage. He was speaking at the 69th general body meeting of
Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC) on Saturday.
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PWC rejects cancellation of water
accord by Center
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LAHORE-Punjab Water Council and Pakistan Water Policy Forum
have rejected the decision of federal Water and Power Ministry
about canceling the Inter-ministerial committee's
interpretation of Water Accord 1991.
In a meeting held here under the presidentship of eminent
agriculturist Sultan Ali Chaudhry, various irrigation experts
expressed their displeasure over the decision of federal
ministry saying that due to the development Punjab, which is
the largest producer of major crops, would suffer a lot. They
termed Sindh point of view on the issue as unjustified.
"Government should immediately withdraw its decagons as Irsa
has no right to dismiss its own decision.
Meanwhile, Punjab Water council has also outrightly rejected
the decision of the federal ministry stating that the recent
development would further increase misunderstanding among the
provinces. "The water accord of 1991 is no more valid due to
the decision of the federal ministry," the office bearers of
the council observed.
July 6
Water Accord interpretation can't be changed
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LAHORE. The
interpretation of Water Accord 1991 cannot be changed due to
the fact that Section 14-B of the accord clearly indicates
water sharing among the provinces according to the historic
shares, as actual available water is far below the 114 million
acre feet (MAF).
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Centre annuls 1994 water sharing formula
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ISLAMABAD - The Federal government Wednesday dismissed the
inter-ministerial decision of 1994 water distribution among
the provinces while instructing the Indus River System
Authority (IRSA) to issue a notification in this regard,
reports The Nation on July 5.
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Viable plan vital to reclaim waste water for agriculture
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LAHORE (PR)-Agri-scientists
should devise a viable and result oriented programme in order
to reclaim waste water for agriculture.
This was stated by Provincial
Minister for Agriculture and Cooperatives, Khurshid Zaman
Qureshi during a briefing about proposed "plan for the
reclamation of waste water, given by the Agri-Engineers and
Scientists, here on Friday.
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Farmers of NWFP face hardships.
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The farmers of NWFP are facing great difficulties in selling
"sugar beet" by the sugar mills, despite the fact that there
is a sugar crisis in the country, complained a
farmer of NWFP.
The millers refused to accept the crop without paying bribes
to the clerks and also deducted 60 percent of the money
through anomalies of the weighing system. He lamented that
some mills located in the province are owned by a federal
minister which processes sugar beet.
Many farmers were returned empty handed with their produce
rotten down in the way. Interestingly government has imposed
tax on gur in order to discourage supplies to the mills.
China keen to boost farm production
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ISLAMABAD-Federal
Minister for Agriculture Kher Mohammad Junejo Tuesday said
that Chinese tea processing plant will be operational within
10 days.
Talking to a 5-member Chinese delegation which called on him
here, the Minister said that Pakistan will provide all
necessary support to the Chinese Company "INTL TRADE DEPT"
which is keenly interested in increasing productivity through
modernizing agriculture and providing hybrid seed to Pakistan.
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Contamination free cotton
policy
LAHORE-A comprehensive
policy to achieve the contamination free Cotton is under
consideration of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry
for Commerce & Industry, learnt The Nation on good authority.
As per the proposed policy, the government is considering to
pay extra price to those growers who will produce
contamination free Cotton. A premium of Rs 100 to Rs 150 will
be granted to the growers on the production of contamination
free Cotton. Another facility of easy availability of
fertilizer to such growers is also part of the policy.
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