Archive Year  2001

February ,2002

• 20% further decline fear in rice exports
• Wheat cultivation in Sindh short of target
• Punjab surpasses wheat sowing target
• Farm Services Centre in Chitral
• Possibility of ice melting being examined- Shah
• Fisheries dept working on integrated farming
• Free audio, video cassettes on agri topics
• Rain gives sigh of relief to farmers
• Prof Ata Rahman Inaugurates Pakissan iVAN,
• Tree plantation on war footing, Governor 
• New variety of wheat 
• FAO assisted project completed
• Drip and sprinkle method can save water
• International seminar on digital divide
• No irrigation water after March 10
• TCP directed to start cotton procurement
• 20,000 acre brought under fish culture
• Korangi Fisheries Harbour to become
  operational in March 2002
• Rains give wheat farmers some relief
• China plans to import 8.468m tons of wheat
• 10pc fall in cane-sowing area feared
• Chanhio for efforts to promote livestock sector
• Mushroom has immense export potential
• Cotton growers seek govt intervention 
• Wheat target likely to be achieved, says Junejo 
• Agri Dept plan to increase sunflower yield ....
• Wheat flour price goes up in Urban Sindh 
• Wheat sowing increases by 0.8% 
• Cotton output lower by 3.68pc
• Farmers still waiting for govt to purchase cotton
• Rice exports fetch $220m
• Wheat sown over 8.8 lakh acres in RY Khan

January ,2002

•  Projects worth $ 2,27,000 for Livestock .... 
•  New policy on wheat price may raise ... 
•  Govt urged to direct TCP to buy cotton
•  Brisk trading on cotton market
•  Punjab, Sindh to suffer water shortage
•  Greater role of private sector in wheat storage'
•  Meeting reviews National Drainage..
•  Cotton crisis in Rahimyar Khan
•  Pakissan seminar; Biotechnology discussed
•  Project for thorn forests growth
•  Defaulters attack recovery officers of ADB
•  SBP provides credit to ADBP for farmers
•  Cattle disease eradication program
•  Farmers are national heroes: SBP Governor
•  Chaniho calls for social mobilization of NGOs
•  285 villages of border-belt area be facilitated
•  Recovery of Agriculture Tax in Tandobago
•  Agricultural sector needs 40,000 tractors
•  Cattle disease eradication program
•  Farmers are national heroes: SBP Governor
•  Call for just distribution of water
•  Chaniho calls for social mobilization of NGOs
•  'Gur Ghanies to be registered in N gistered in NWFP'
•  285 villages of border-belt area be facilitated
•  Recovery of Agriculture Tax in Tandobago
•  Agricultural sector needs 40,000 tractors
•  ACP criticises middleman role
•  Balochistan Governor distributes land
•  FOs to undertake Linning projects
•  ADBP fails to achieve recovery target
•  Improvement in agri technology realized
•  Rice exports fetch $220m
•  Exporters make modest buying on cotton 
•  Fate of wheat crop hangs in the balance
•  Crop Processing Estates in Sindh planned
•  Water Accord of 1991 stands
•  Rice traders fail to strike deal with Iran
•  PPCBL to disburse Rs 3 b loans ..
•  PSC role in raising farm yield lauded
•  PPCBL disburses Rs 649.8 million loans
•  Agri land's entire record being computerized
•  Rs 70 million for agri sector development
•  Sugarcane growers stopped supply to mills
•  Vigilance teams formed to check water theft
•  NWFP forest ordinance 2001 promulgated
•  Desilting campaign from next month
•  Agri development scheme on card