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Govt decides to scrap sugarcane support price

March 22, 2018, 3:56 pmMarch 22, 2018 487

Rice sector strives for recognition as industry

December 22, 2017, 7:20 pmDecember 22, 2017 562

IRRI team up to promote direct-seeded rice in Asia

December 8, 2017, 12:58 amDecember 8, 2017 838

Call to promote pulses, edible oil crops farming

February 27, 2018, 6:44 pmFebruary 27, 2018 672

Live Stock

Cattle FarmingDairyFisheriesPoultry

Role of Vitamins in Immune Response in Poultry

September 26, 2017, 6:52 pmOctober 16, 2017 2153

Livestock departments to work with FAO to help control Foot and Mouth Disease in Pakistan

June 19, 2018, 11:40 pmJune 19, 2018 339

Returns from goat farming

September 13, 2017, 3:22 pmOctober 15, 2017 865

Drones for Fishing

March 20, 2018, 8:15 amMarch 20, 2018 818

Horticulture

CitrusMangoVegetables

Growers asked to cultivate seedless kinnow

September 11, 2018, 10:41 amSeptember 11, 2018 372

MAGNIFICENT MANGOES OF PAKISTAN

October 16, 2017, 4:06 pmOctober 16, 2017 1208

40pc of Swat peach goes to waste for lack of storage

May 26, 2018, 6:16 pmMay 26, 2018 419

The looming threat of the deadly tomato leafminer

July 18, 2018, 11:15 amJuly 18, 2018 184

Farm Inputs

ChemicalsFertilizerMachinerySeedsWater

200 watercourses to be improved in 100 days

September 14, 2018, 9:48 amSeptember 14, 2018 98

Irsa releases 249,300 cusecs water

September 14, 2018, 9:47 amSeptember 14, 2018 86

Driving Pakistan’s agri future

September 4, 2018, 10:21 amSeptember 4, 2018 329

Fertiliser companies profit up 67pc in 2Q-2018

September 2, 2018, 9:47 amSeptember 2, 2018 157

LOCAL NEWS

Dubai Halal products’ expo on 29th

3 days agoSeptember 21, 2018 80

APTMA welcomes uniform energy tariff

3 days agoSeptember 21, 2018 71

Wapda units generate record 7500 MW electricity

3 days agoSeptember 21, 2018 61

Textile exports grow 4pc

3 days agoSeptember 21, 2018 54

China-Pakistan to build ‘Green Economic Belts’ under CPEC

4 days agoSeptember 21, 2018 79

FAO and UNHCR join hands on integrated homestead gardening in Balochistan

6 days agoSeptember 18, 2018 122

Farmers advised to stop burning of crop residuals

6 days agoSeptember 18, 2018 118

PTI govt likely to increase wheat support price

6 days agoSeptember 18, 2018 204

Rabi season to face 45pc water shortage

6 days agoSeptember 18, 2018 109

Construction of dams should be on war-footing basis

6 days agoSeptember 18, 2018 111

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

China strikes back by going after America’s energy companies

21 hours agoSeptember 23, 2018 75

Philippine paddy rice losses from typhoon exceed forecasts

6 days agoSeptember 18, 2018 812

Export policies shrink global wheat supply, increase uncertainty

6 days agoSeptember 18, 2018 105

USDA sacks grain trade

6 days agoSeptember 18, 2018 92

Drought in Australia leaves Asia turning to Argentina for wheat

6 days agoSeptember 18, 2018 119

Indian Cabinet hikes procurement price of ethanol made from B-molasses

September 14, 2018, 10:28 amSeptember 14, 2018 97

Australian grains feeding Indonesia

September 14, 2018, 9:50 amSeptember 14, 2018 77

Wheat production in Iraq halved due to water shortages

September 14, 2018, 9:46 amSeptember 14, 2018 81

China’s hybrid rice helps relieve Africa’s grain problems

September 6, 2018, 12:45 pmSeptember 6, 2018 157

Eygpt to set plan to achieve food security, raise wheat storage

September 6, 2018, 9:26 amSeptember 6, 2018 125

Special Reports

Climate ChangeCPEC

Provinces to get CPEC revenue through NFC

Team PakissanFebruary 11, 2018, 6:29 pmFebruary 11, 2018

Special economic zones take centre stage as CPEC talks advance

Team PakissanNovember 21, 2017, 9:05 amNovember 21, 2017

CPEC

CPEC to give boost to agriculture sector

Team PakissanFebruary 22, 2016, 3:26 amOctober 13, 2017

Agriculture News & OpinionsNew Agri Technology

USAID hosts clean energy loan guarantee workshop

January 20, 2018, 10:25 amJanuary 20, 2018 387

Raw cotton export up 48.7pc in 7 months

March 4, 2018, 12:06 pmMarch 5, 2018 335

Australia cuts wheat production forecast

June 14, 2018, 10:06 amJune 14, 2018 242

Farmers advised to sow certified varieties of paddy

May 24, 2018, 10:36 amMay 24, 2018 4143

Fall in cotton sowing

May 7, 2018, 3:35 pmMay 7, 2018 522

Pakistan, China to fast track industrial coop under CPEC

October 18, 2017, 9:08 amOctober 18, 2017 1838

Protein rich food: Fisheries dept to set up four hatcheries

April 2, 2018, 9:54 amApril 2, 2018 468

China keen to accelerate cooperation in development of agri-sector

August 11, 2018, 8:30 amAugust 11, 2018 108

Ten priorities for getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe

January 26, 2018, 9:48 amJanuary 26, 2018 345

Irsa releases 317,200 cusecs water

August 8, 2018, 9:11 amAugust 8, 2018 119

Record inventory levels for wheat and maize, says FAO’s latest forecast

February 3, 2018, 10:24 amFebruary 3, 2018 347

Cotton sowing registers growth

July 6, 2018, 8:54 amJuly 6, 2018 219

Precision Farming

Smart Farming

October 21, 2017, 4:37 pmOctober 21, 2017 2736

Multimedia, New Agri Technology

Dutch scientists close to ‘breakthrough’ method of growing crops

6 days agoSeptember 18, 2018 98

New Agri Technology

Here’s what will happen when 30 billion devices are connected to the internet

August 11, 2017, 3:35 pmAugust 11, 2017 527

Precision Farming

Precision Agriculture: A New Approach to Crop Management

October 25, 2017, 8:29 pmOctober 25, 2017 2261

Precision Farming

What is Precision Agriculture?

October 16, 2017, 11:43 pmOctober 16, 2017 603

New Agri Technology

Apps That are Changing the Face of Indian Agriculture

February 11, 2018, 7:08 pmFebruary 11, 2018 510

International Agriculture News, New Agri Technology

Crops Are Harvested Without Human Input, Teasing the Future of Agriculture

February 27, 2018, 4:30 pmFebruary 27, 2018 456

New Agri Technology

Blockchain & Agriculture: A Look at the Issues & Projects Aiming to Solve Them

August 15, 2018, 9:57 amAugust 15, 2018 204

New Agri Technology, Vegetables

“Smart automation facilitates ambitious seed breeding process”

December 16, 2017, 11:12 amDecember 16, 2017 787

New Agri Technology

The Blockchain Comes to Agriculture

February 11, 2018, 7:12 pmFebruary 11, 2018 540

Precision Farming

Precision Farming: key technologies & concepts

October 21, 2017, 1:37 pmOctober 21, 2017 764

Dubai Halal products’ expo on 29th

APTMA welcomes uniform energy tariff

Wapda units generate record 7500 MW electricity

Textile exports grow 4pc

China-Pakistan to build ‘Green Economic Belts’ under CPEC

China strikes back by going after America’s energy companies

Philippine paddy rice losses from typhoon exceed forecasts

Export policies shrink global wheat supply, increase uncertainty

USDA sacks grain trade

Drought in Australia leaves Asia turning to Argentina for wheat

Who’s in charge of Darawat dam?

Cotton yield far below target feared in country

In search of greener pastures

Alternative gas governance system may be adopted

Dam Equivalents: The solution to Pakistan’s water crisis

Cotton output estimated at 10.874m bales

Cotton prices fall

Cotton yield far below target feared in country

Punjab exceeds cotton sowing target

Cotton-picking training being imparted to farmers

China’s hybrid wheat successfully grown on large scale in Pakistan

Punjab fails to achieve wheat purchase target

75 percent wheat procurement target achieved in Pakistan

New seed varieties of wheat

Global wheat experts to address challenges facing global wheat supply at Morocco meeting

PTI govt likely to increase wheat support price

Paddy crop to cover 4.4m acres in Punjab

Farmers advised to sow certified varieties of paddy

4.448m acres to be brought under rice cultivation in Punjab

Industry Status can lead to 30 percent increase in Rice Exports: REAP

Sept suitable for sugarcane cultivation

Government considering reducing sugar export subsidy

Sugar glut in India bad news for industry, farmers

Chronic sugar surplus could drive processing consolidation

Brazil cane industry blasts Pakistan, India sugar export policies

FAO provides Maize seeds to farmers in Orakzai agency, Pakistan

Corn production in Tanzania to fall in 2018-19

Govt to protect maize growers’ interests

USDA raises 2017 corn estimate, lowers soybeans from November

Invasion of maize-eating caterpillars worsens hunger crisis in Africa

Govt to boost gram cultivation in Thar

Soybean cultivation be completed by mid-Sept

Experts for starting sesame cultivation

Farmers asked to cultivate sesame in June

Kharif crop targets set amid irrigation water shortage

Data of 8.7 million cattle farmers in Punjab computerized

Livestock departments to work with FAO to help control Foot and Mouth Disease in Pakistan

Livestock Dept takes steps to empower rural women

Need to explore meat export potential: TDAP

Animal census to promote livestock sector

World’s first floating dairy farm could be wave of the future

French firm interested to provide milk collection system

Dairy farmers for ban on import of dry milk powder

India Milk production up 20% in 2014-2017

5 Milk Market Factors to Watch in 2018

Seafood exports up by 17pc in 10 months

Seafood exports reach $264m in eight months

Protein rich food: Fisheries dept to set up four hatcheries

Seafood exports reach $264.18m

Drones for Fishing

Livestock Dept ensuring poultry at low rates

CCP begins inquiry into poultry sector

Chicken prices in Karachi come on par with beef rates

Iran Among Biggest Chicken Producers

Research in genetics major reason of rapid poultry growth

Ostrich farming fully potential to revolutionize red meat market

Record-high wool price leaves Australian growers in shear delight

Farmers’ interest in ostrich farming on the rise

Ostrich Farming – The Largest Living Species of Bird In the World

I. INTRODUCTION: Camel Milk

Growers asked to cultivate seedless kinnow

Citrus orchards under attack by diseases

Kinnow exports hit record high at 370,000 tons

Farmers asked to start citrus cultivation

Kinow Growers welcome Rs800/40kg rate

Pak mango exports may be increased to high end markets

Mango exporters violating packaging policy

Mango export target set at 100k tons for 2018

Mango growers feel the heat as Pakistan tackles climate change

Modern tech use can boost mango production