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      • KE & Engro To Set Up Karachi’s First Garbage-to-Electricity Plant
      • Govt signs contract for electro mechanical work of Dasu Hydropower project Phase-I
      • Tea imports decrease 28.1pc
      • Pakistan eager to form joint ventures in energy sector
      • Pakistan’s excess urea can fetch $250m in exports
    • International News
      • Ukraine shipped 23 MMT of grain to foreign markets
      • Turkey actively purchasing feed grains this season
      • Bangladesh flies in onion supplies as price hits record high
      • The Trade War Cost U.S. Farmers Their China Market. A Deal Might Not Bring It Back
      • FAO assists Iran in improving agriculture monitoring systems
    • Opinions
      • Political harmony key to boosting agriculture
      • Big Agriculture Is Breeding a Worldwide Health Crisis
      • I BELIEVE IN THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE
      • Special report: Is Pakistan food-secure?
      • Looking at agriculture reforms
  • Crops
    • Cotton
      • 10.777 million cotton bales reach ginneries
      • NA body to move against withdrawal of duty on cotton imports
      • Major Pakistani industrial sectors including textile see spike in FDI
      • 10.77m cotton bales reach ginneries in Pakistan
      • Cotton growers for reasonable support price
    • 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
      • Kissan Movement for continuing sugar export
      • New sugarcane varieties introduced
      • Sugarcane cultivation should be started from February
      • Climate change poses threat to sugarcane crop
      • Sugar mills non committal to payment schedule to farmers
    • 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
      • Gram production may exceed estimates
      • Govt devises plan for sunflower cultivation
      • Govt devises plan for sunflower cultivation
      • Triticale Growing
      • Baharia maize cultivation to start from mid-Jan
  • Live Stock
    • Cattle Farming
      • 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
      • Data of 8.7 million cattle farmers in Punjab computerized
    • 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
      • 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
      • How to fight climate change in agriculture while protecting jobs
      • A fifth of the world’s healthy land degraded in 15 years
    • Precision Farming
      • 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
      • Precision farming startup Taranis gets $20M Series B for its crop-monitoring tech
    • New Technology
      • This tower is a massive battery and it’s fuelled by gravity
      • The biggest breakthrough in agriculture to help feed the planet may come from outer space
      • Yara and IBM to develop digital farming platform
      • Digital farming “critical” for sustainable agriculture
      • ‘Small farmers must use smart machinery’
    • Organic Farming
      • 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
      • Organic farming – composting & its mechanism

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Farmer turns Pakistan’s sand dunes green

One farmer has pioneered drip irrigation to transform desert into a fruit orchard in Punjab – but at a cost …

Team PakissanJune 4, 2019, 9:10 amJune 4, 2019 Comments Off on Farmer turns Pakistan’s sand dunes green 335
Pakistan Agriculture News, Water

FAO strengthening institutional capacities for sustainable water management

Strengthening institutional capacities for sustainable management of solar powered irrigation systems (SPIS) workshop took place in Islamabad on 24 April …

Team PakissanJune 1, 2019, 11:07 pmJune 1, 2019 Comments Off on FAO strengthening institutional capacities for sustainable water management 333
Pakistan Agriculture News, Water

Punjab violates withdrawal plan, utilises Sindh’s water

ISLAMABAD – Punjab has violated the withdrawal plan and utilised the Sindh water released from Mangla by IRSA to meet …

Team PakissanMay 30, 2019, 8:16 amMay 30, 2019 Comments Off on Punjab violates withdrawal plan, utilises Sindh’s water 299
Pakistan Agriculture News, Water

Govt planning to establish Ground Water Regulatory Authority

Annually, around 200 million tonnes of silt is accumulating in Tarbella dam while in Mangla dam the quantity is 75 …

Team PakissanMay 23, 2019, 10:55 pmMay 23, 2019 Comments Off on Govt planning to establish Ground Water Regulatory Authority 318
Pakistan Agriculture News, Water

Water inflow in major rivers surges

ISLAMABAD    –    Water inflow in all major rivers has significantly improved due to slight surge in mercury level and on …

Team PakissanMay 16, 2019, 12:01 amMay 16, 2019 Comments Off on Water inflow in major rivers surges 284
Chemicals, Pakistan Agriculture News

CABI publishes recommendations to fight scourge of parthenium weed in Central West Asia

CABI has today published a new evidence note highlighting a list of recommendations to fight the highly-invasive parthenium weed which …

Team PakissanMay 14, 2019, 9:44 amMay 14, 2019 Comments Off on CABI publishes recommendations to fight scourge of parthenium weed in Central West Asia 795
Pakistan Agriculture News, Water

Improving water productivity vital for sustainable rice production

LAHORE   –   Improving water productivity is vital for sustainable rice production and boosting rice exports from the current $2 billion …

Team PakissanMay 12, 2019, 10:47 amMay 12, 2019 Comments Off on Improving water productivity vital for sustainable rice production 189
Chemicals, Pakistan Agriculture News

CABI publishes recommendations to fight scourge of parthenium weed in Central West Asia

LAHORE (PR) CABI has published a new evidence note highlighting a list of recommendations to fight the highly-invasive parthenium weed …

Team PakissanMay 12, 2019, 10:45 amMay 12, 2019 Comments Off on CABI publishes recommendations to fight scourge of parthenium weed in Central West Asia 321
Rice, Seeds

Use of certified seeds can enhance yield, quality of rice

LAHORE  –   Speakers at seminar advised the rice growers to use only certified seeds to get maximum per acre yield …

Team PakissanMay 2, 2019, 7:08 amMay 2, 2019 Comments Off on Use of certified seeds can enhance yield, quality of rice 378
Fertilizer, International Agriculture News

Chinese Scientists Find Key Gene to Save Fertilizer for Crops

Chinese scientists have found a key gene in crops that make them more efficient in utilizing nitrogen fertilizer, which will …

Team PakissanMay 2, 2019, 6:59 amMay 2, 2019 Comments Off on Chinese Scientists Find Key Gene to Save Fertilizer for Crops 375
Fertilizer

Soil health vital to improve agriculture productivity

MULTAN : Imbalanced use of fertilizers was damaging fertility of soil and resulting in low productivity. This was stated by …

Team PakissanMay 2, 2019, 6:57 amMay 2, 2019 Comments Off on Soil health vital to improve agriculture productivity 417

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