ISLAMABAD – To boost the cotton production and increase its cultivation area by 45 percent by 2025, an action plan …
Govt to protect maize growers’ interests
LAHORE – Agriculture Department has been implementing governmental policies for protecting interests of maize growers in the province. The spokesperson for the …
For two and a half decades, Pakistan’s cotton output remains virtually stagnant
ISLAMABAD: The current government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has not proved beneficial for cotton farmers as the commodity’s production …
Rice exports touch $1.224b mark, register 27pc spike
Rice exports from Pakistan have seen the sizeable growth of overall 27 percent and touch the mark of $1.224 billion …
Clean cotton fetches handsome foreign exchange
Incharge Pakistan Cotton Standard Institute (PCSI), Mian Nasir Ali on Monday said that neat and clean cotton could help fetch …
Decline of cotton production in Uganda
When Cotton growing was introduced in Uganda in 1903 by the British Cotton Growers’ Association, Lango sub-region was one of …
Surplus in global wheat supplies ‘not as secure as it looks’
While 2017-18 has seen a record global wheat crop of 758.2m tonnes, increasing reliance on wheat yield rather than area …
Rice exporters demand industry status
LAHORE – The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has asked the government to declare the rice sector as an industry and provide it all incentives in …
Sugar industry faces low-price challenge
Karim Bakhsh Malik, Dr Muhammad Ijaz Tabassum Sugarcane has the largest industrial base after cotton in agricultural sector of Pakistan. …
Punjab govt offers subsidy on cotton seeds
MULTAN:- The Punjab government is extending subsidy of billions of rupees on recommended varieties of cotton seed. According to assistant director agriculture (information) Naveed …
Raw cotton export up 48.7pc in 7 months
ISLAMABAD – Raw cotton export form the country during first seven months of current financial year grew by 48.72 percent as compared to corresponding …