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      • Benefits and Drawbacks of AI Agriculture Sustainability to the Economy.
      • Sustainability increases if ethanol is made from sugarcane juice: Study
      • Modern Technology Agriculture Huge Machines
      • Crop-boosting AI can benefit many fields
      • How smart can agriculture be
    • Precision Farming
      • How smart can agriculture be
      • Farmer turns Pakistan’s sand dunes green
      • Digital agriculture: New tools for science on the farm
      • Precision farming to resurge Japanese agriculture
      • Smart agriculture in action in Africa
    • Organic Farming
      • Palm oil: Less fertilizer and no herbicide but same yield?
      • Producing food whilst preserving biodiversity
      • Organic farming drives sustainable agriculture
      • Pakistan certifies first organic cotton bale
      • A future for organic apple growing in the Northeast
  • Crops
    • Cotton
      • Contamination free cotton
      • Pakistan certifies first organic cotton bale
      • Pakistan’s reliance on imported cotton on the rise
      • CCRI establishes modern laboratory to control pest attacks
      • Cotton arrival at ginneries down
    • Wheat
      • Despite price rise, wheat farmers get no incentive
      • Wheat support price increased to Rs1,350
      • PTI govt rejects proposal of banning wheat export
      • Food ministry dismisses talk of wheat shortage
      • Experts hope bumper crop in S Punjab
    • Rice
      • Basmati body calls for boosting rice exports to $5b
      • Use of certified seeds can enhance yield, quality of rice
      • Pakistan’s rice sector lagging behind in productivity
      • 12 hybrid rice varieties to be available from July
      • Qatar lifts ban on import of Pak rice
    • Sugar Cane
      • Sustainability increases if ethanol is made from sugarcane juice: Study
      • Agriculture needs nuance, not witch hunt
      • Kissan Movement for continuing sugar export
      • New sugarcane varieties introduced
      • Sugarcane cultivation should be started from February
    • Corn
      • IGC increased the forecast production and ending stocks of corn in the world
      • Commercialization of biotech corn to spur growth of maize production
      • 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
    • More Crops
      • Palm oil: Less fertilizer and no herbicide but same yield?
      • Gram production may exceed estimates
      • Govt devises plan for sunflower cultivation
      • Govt devises plan for sunflower cultivation
      • Triticale Growing
  • Live Stock
    • Cattle Farming
      • FODDER PRODUCTION AND ITS IMPACT ON LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN PAKISTAN
      • Livestock vaccination drive begins in Tharparkar
      • Iran eager to import meat, livestock from Pakistan
      • Funds released for acquiring land for cattle market
      • 8.7m cattle farmers’ data computerised
    • Dairy
      • Nishat Dairy eyes 2020 to launch milk brand
      • Sustainable Pasture Practices Double Milk Production in Colombia
      • Rising diary prices push FAO Food Price Index higher
      • Pakistan big producer of dairy milk; lacks technological advancements
      • World’s first floating dairy farm could be wave of the future
    • Fisheries
      • No licence issued for fishing in last five years
      • Pakistan earned $451m from fisheries products’ export in 2017-18
      • Fish production exceeds 3,200 tons per annum in KP
      • Destruction of fish habitat to affect 59m people: Experts
      • Seafood exports up by 17pc in 10 months
    • Poultry
      • A step for fulfilment of industrial requirement
      • Now, chickens lay eggs with anti-cancer drugs
      • Chinese, Thai companies keen to import chicken products from Pakistan
      • Export of chicken feet to China becomes a thriving business
      • Desi poultry birds’ rearing in progress at govt farm
    • More Live Stock
      • Cost-Cutting Tips for Horse Farm Owners
      • 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
  • Horticulture
    • Citrus
      • Country needs better kinnow varieties to compete globally
      • Pakistan citrus week in Jeddah from 16th
      • 125,000 tonnes of kinno exported from Pakistan
      • Kinnow exporters urged to tap Malaysian market
      • Low kinnow yield expected this year
    • Mango
      • Mango galore
      • Mango harvest in Pakistan is likely to drop 30 per cent this season
      • Pak mango exports may be increased to high end markets
      • Mango exporters violating packaging policy
      • Mango export target set at 100k tons for 2018
    • Vegetables
      • Hydroponic technique may help enhance vegetables, fruits production
      • Digital agriculture: New tools for science on the farm
      • Chilli, tomato not healthy options for consumers’ pocket
      • OVERVIEW GLOBAL POTATO MARKET
      • Potato farming increasing
    • More Horticulture
      • Govt to Launch ‘50 Million Olive Tree’ Tsunami
      • Farmer turns Pakistan’s sand dunes green
      • Pakistan’s date production falls due to lack of innovation
      • Govt to install three olive extraction mills, 6 mobile units
      • Olive farming gets boost
  • Farm Inputs
    • Chemicals
      • CABI publishes recommendations to fight scourge of parthenium weed in Central West Asia
      • CABI publishes recommendations to fight scourge of parthenium weed in Central West Asia
      • Farmers across Japan are using ducks instead of pesticides
      • Crop-damaging armyworms raise alarm in Asia: FAO
      • Pakistan warned against deadly wheat pest
    • Fertilizer
      • Chinese Scientists Find Key Gene to Save Fertilizer for Crops
      • Soil health vital to improve agriculture productivity
      • Ministry demands abolition of GIDC to control fertiliser prices
      • 6 steps to improve your fertiliser use efficiency
      • Urea off-take expected to increase
    • Loans Agri
      • Islamic banks offer refinance facilities including Agriculture
      • ‘Scope of agri loan scheme to be broadened’
      • Govt to provide Rs15b interest-free loans to farmers
      • Next govt to decide success of crop insurance schemes
      • Agri-credit disbursement rises 38% to Rs972.6 billion
    • Machinery
      • Local tractors assembling reduced by 30.4pc in eight months
      • Agri machinery imports up by 4.2pc
      • Imports of agriculture machinery up 6.7pc in 7 months
      • UVAS Pattoki Campus sets up drip irrigation plant
      • Italian IVECO Trucks to be assembled in Pakistan
    • Seeds
      • Use of certified seeds can enhance yield, quality of rice
      • Envoy asks Pakistani traders to address grievances of US seed firms
      • CCRI starts cotton seed germination free lab test
      • 26 seed companies qualify for bidding to produce seed varieties
      • High-yielding hybrid basmati seed developed
    • Water
      • Farmer turns Pakistan’s sand dunes green
      • FAO strengthening institutional capacities for sustainable water management
      • Punjab violates withdrawal plan, utilises Sindh’s water
      • Govt planning to establish Ground Water Regulatory Authority
      • Water inflow in major rivers surges
  • Special Reports
    • CPEC
      • BRI states reject West’s China ‘debt trap’ theory
      • Second unit of CPEC power plant connected to grid
      • Pakistan emerges as major partner of BRI
      • Pakistan’s exports to China grow 3.93pc in 8 months
      • Pakistan to get advanced tech under CPEC: Cheng
    • Climate Change
      • WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REDUCE SMOG
      • Agricultural challenges: Declining soil fertility threatens crop production
      • KE & Engro To Set Up Karachi’s First Garbage-to-Electricity Plant
      • Understanding how crop diseases and climate change interact is vital
      • Climate change kills 98% insects in Puerto Rico’s rain forest: study
    • Opinions
      • Arthi: The Middleman
      • Agtech will take off in 2020: 5 trends to watch
      • Trends That Will Transform The Agriculture And Farming Industry Outlook In 2020
      • Agriculture needs nuance, not witch hunt
      • How smart can agriculture be

December 2018

CPEC, Opinions

Potential of rising Pakistan’s agricultural exports via CPEC

SABAHAT ZAHRA MS in Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences from Texas A&M. Currently works as a Research Fellow at Ministry …

Team PakissanDecember 27, 2018, 9:09 amDecember 27, 2018 Comments Off on Potential of rising Pakistan’s agricultural exports via CPEC 1756
Grid Pin, New Agri Technology

Four ways robotics will influence agriculture in 2019

As ever, farmers are turning to technology to address a number of pressing problems, such as the growing global shortage …

Team PakissanDecember 25, 2018, 6:51 pmDecember 25, 2018 Comments Off on Four ways robotics will influence agriculture in 2019 2157
Pakistan Agriculture News

KP set up eight small dams in five years

PESHAWAR – The PTI Government in Khyber Pakthunkhwa has constructed eight small and medium dams during last five years, which …

Team PakissanDecember 25, 2018, 9:25 amDecember 25, 2018 Comments Off on KP set up eight small dams in five years 1619
Pakistan Agriculture News

KP unveils Rs17.6b mega agri package

PESHAWAR – The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Agriculture Department has unveiled a mega agriculture package worth Rs17.573 billion to facilitate farmers, beekeepers …

Team PakissanDecember 25, 2018, 9:23 amDecember 25, 2018 Comments Off on KP unveils Rs17.6b mega agri package 1230
Pakistan Agriculture News

Frost not good for crops

LAHORE – Farmers have been advised to take necessary steps keeping in view the weather conditions and to protect crops …

Team PakissanDecember 25, 2018, 9:22 amDecember 25, 2018 Comments Off on Frost not good for crops 1252
Pakistan Agriculture News

TAPI gas pipeline inauguration likely in March

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan is in process of holding discussion on the Host Government Agreement (HGA) with the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) partners …

Team PakissanDecember 25, 2018, 9:20 amDecember 25, 2018 Comments Off on TAPI gas pipeline inauguration likely in March 1094
Pakistan Agriculture News

Sindh farmers delegation visit CCRI Multan

MULTAN : A 22-member delegation of farmers, all master trainers from Khairpur, Sindh, visited Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI) Multan …

Team PakissanDecember 25, 2018, 9:19 amDecember 25, 2018 Comments Off on Sindh farmers delegation visit CCRI Multan 1045
Machinery, Pakistan Agriculture News

Import of used tractors to hurt local industry

LAHORE  –   At the time when local tractors industry has been going through its worst ever period in terms of …

Team PakissanDecember 25, 2018, 9:16 amDecember 25, 2018 Comments Off on Import of used tractors to hurt local industry 1348
Pakistan Agriculture News

Govt serious to make garment industry competitive

LAHORE  –   Adviser to prime minister on commerce, textile, industries and production and investments, Abdul Razak Dawood has said the …

Team PakissanDecember 25, 2018, 9:13 amDecember 25, 2018 Comments Off on Govt serious to make garment industry competitive 1130
CPEC, Pakistan Agriculture News

CPEC body approves $1bn social uplift package

QUETTA: Balochistan Information Minister Mir Zahoor Ahmed Buledi has said that $1 billion has been approved for a social development …

Team PakissanDecember 24, 2018, 10:26 amDecember 24, 2018 Comments Off on CPEC body approves $1bn social uplift package 1374
Pakistan Agriculture News

Govt committed to reducing CAD, poverty alleviation: Imran

LAHORE: The government is committed to providing the industry an enabling environment for wealth creation to progress, reduce the current …

Team PakissanDecember 23, 2018, 7:12 pmDecember 23, 2018 Comments Off on Govt committed to reducing CAD, poverty alleviation: Imran 915

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