Pakissan.com Pakissan.com
Pakissan.com Pakissan.com
  • News
    • Local News
      • Nespak’s role in water resources development and dam engineering
      • 12 hybrid rice varieties to be available from July
      • Pak-China co-op in agriculture under CPEC
      • Food and Agro Park likely to fetch $10m investment
      • Experts hope of bumper crops due to rain spells
    • International News
      • How to fight climate change in agriculture while protecting jobs
      • With an almost $7 billion crop, history shines on Western Australia’s most valuable and second largest harvest
      • A very small number of crops are dominating globally: That’s bad news for sustainable agriculture
      • USDA grant to blend data with agriculture for improved production
      • Rising diary prices push FAO Food Price Index higher
    • Opinions
      • Disappointed farmers
      • Can we ditch intensive farming – and still feed the world?
      • Agriculture sector: Scale up your farms & pool in
      • Green New Deal Needs To Include Agriculture Technology
      • An ‘agricultural’ Pakistan — a necessity
  • Crops
    • Cotton
      • Pakistan certifies first organic cotton bale
      • 10.4m cotton bales reach ginneries, arrivals down by 7.7pc
      • Pakistan’s reliance on imported cotton on the rise
      • Arrival of cotton at factories falls by 7.34pc: PCGA
      • CCRI establishes modern laboratory to control pest attacks
    • Wheat
      • Wheat growers must monitor weather conditions
      • Organic management of pest insects in stored wheat
      • Wheat: temporary glut or overproduction?
      • Growers advised to start wheat cultivation from November 1
      • Wheat to be cultivated over 8,781.6 thousand hectares
    • Rice
      • 12 hybrid rice varieties to be available from July
      • Qatar lifts ban on import of Pak rice
      • Basmati rice worth $256.9m exported in first half
      • PTI govt likely to increase wheat support price
      • Paddy crop to cover 4.4m acres in Punjab
    • Sugar Cane
      • 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
      • Millers refuse to start cane crushing
    • Corn
      • 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
      • USDA raises 2017 corn estimate, lowers soybeans from November
    • 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
      • Funds released for acquiring land for cattle market
      • 8.7m cattle farmers’ data computerised
      • 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
    • Dairy
      • 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
      • French firm interested to provide milk collection system
      • Dairy farmers for ban on import of dry milk powder
    • Fisheries
      • 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
      • Seafood exports reach $264m in eight months
      • Protein rich food: Fisheries dept to set up four hatcheries
    • Poultry
      • 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
      • Poultry farms being registered
    • 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
      • 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
    • Vegetables
      • OVERVIEW GLOBAL POTATO MARKET
      • Potato farming increasing
      • 250 million kg of garlic shoots in storage as Chinese Spring Festival approaches
      • China expresses interest in importing Pakistani potatoes
      • Farmers urged to cultivate bitter gourd from February
    • More Horticulture
      • Philippines: SEARCA helps boost calamansi exports
      • South Australian cherries finish summer harvest strongly after challenging growing season
      • Strawberry cultivation from February
      • Who cares about the potato crisis?
      • Potato cultivation to be completed by 31st
  • Farm Inputs
    • Chemicals
      • Lab set up to analyse harmful weeds
      • Agri inputs worth $2.32b imported in first quarter
      • CABI unveils action plan to fight highly invasive weed
      • Farmers should control whitefly attack on cotton
      • The looming threat of the deadly tomato leafminer
    • Fertilizer
      • 6 steps to improve your fertiliser use efficiency
      • Urea off-take expected to increase
      • Industry rules out expected relief in urea price
      • Production resumes as idle fertiliser plants get gas supply
      • Import of 0.1m tons of fertiliser may not bridge shortfall
    • Loans Agri
      • ‘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
      • The Future of Food: Maximizing Finance for Development in Agricultural Value Chains
    • Machinery
      • Italian IVECO Trucks to be assembled in Pakistan
      • Pakistan: No tractors production in December
      • Tractor assembler warns of shutdown due to cash crunch
      • Import of used tractors to hurt local industry
      • Tractor manufacturers’ refunds mount to over Rs5b
    • Seeds
      • 26 seed companies qualify for bidding to produce seed varieties
      • High-yielding hybrid basmati seed developed
      • FAO provides Maize seeds to farmers in Orakzai agency, Pakistan
      • Cotton growers urged to use certified seeds
      • PARC presents 14 seed varieties for approval
    • Water
      • Nespak’s role in water resources development and dam engineering
      • Drip Irrigation promises massive potential to save water
      • Water shortages put agriculture sector under pressure: State Bank
      • 800MW dam to supply 13.32mcm water to Peshawar
      • The global race for groundwater speeds up to feed agriculture’s growing needs
  • Special Reports
    • CPEC
      • Pak-China co-op in agriculture under CPEC
      • CPEC phase-I to complete till October 2019: Yao Jing
      • Chinese investors show interest in housing, agriculture sectors
      • Western parts to be included in 2nd phase of CPEC: China
      • CPEC: govt seeks more joint ventures
    • Climate Change
      • How to fight climate change in agriculture while protecting jobs
      • A fifth of the world’s healthy land degraded in 15 years
      • Climate change poses threat to sugarcane crop
      • Climate change impacts agriculture in the northern Himalayas
      • Climate change assessment: Hotter, wetter Midwest threatens human health, agriculture
    • Precision Farming
      • Smart agriculture in action in Africa
      • Precision farming startup Taranis gets $20M Series B for its crop-monitoring tech
      • Like organic, transition to digital farming needs support
      • The Missing Link in Precision Agriculture
      • Precision Farming Market Increasing investment in agriculture technology up to 2024
    • New Technology
      • New web-based platform to help with micro irrigation
      • New guar gum-based hydrogel can help save drought-hit crops
      • An Introduction to Hydroponics System
      • New tech for clean agriculture offers chemical-free food
      • Climate smart agriculture profile launched in Punjab
    • Organic Farming
      • Pakistan certifies first organic cotton bale
      • A future for organic apple growing in the Northeast
      • Organic farming – composting & its mechanism
      • Organic matter status of Pakistan soils and its management
      • Organic management of pest insects in stored wheat

More Horticulture

International Agriculture News, More Horticulture

Philippines: SEARCA helps boost calamansi exports

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) is now helping Philippines’ growers to explore …

Team PakissanJanuary 25, 2019, 9:38 amJanuary 25, 2019 Comments Off on Philippines: SEARCA helps boost calamansi exports 73
Grid Pin, International Agriculture News, More Horticulture

South Australian cherries finish summer harvest strongly after challenging growing season

The South Australian cherry season has ended with the very late season varieties finishing off well, with cleaner fruit and …

Team PakissanJanuary 25, 2019, 9:33 amJanuary 25, 2019 Comments Off on South Australian cherries finish summer harvest strongly after challenging growing season 64
Grid Pin, More Horticulture, Pakistan Agriculture News

Strawberry cultivation from February

LAHORE:   The agriculture experts on Wednesday advised farmers to start cultivation of strawberry from the advent of February and complete …

Team PakissanJanuary 24, 2019, 10:01 pmJanuary 24, 2019 Comments Off on Strawberry cultivation from February 98
More Horticulture, Opinions

Who cares about the potato crisis?

BURNING the crop and taking out protest rallies in the Kasur, Pakpattan and Sahiwal districts of Punjab’s potato zone reveal …

Team PakissanJanuary 22, 2019, 9:11 amJanuary 22, 2019 Comments Off on Who cares about the potato crisis? 107
More Horticulture, Pakistan Agriculture News

Potato cultivation to be completed by 31st

FAISALABAD:- The growers of irrigated zones have been advised to complete cultivation of potato Rabi crops by January 31 to …

Team PakissanJanuary 20, 2019, 9:24 amJanuary 20, 2019 Comments Off on Potato cultivation to be completed by 31st 110
More Horticulture, Pakistan Agriculture News

KP govt planning to raise fruit, veg on 18,000 acres

PESHAWAR – The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Government has embarked on an inclusive plan to raise fruits and vegetables on 18000 acres …

Team PakissanJanuary 14, 2019, 10:27 amJanuary 14, 2019 Comments Off on KP govt planning to raise fruit, veg on 18,000 acres 100
CPEC, More Horticulture, Pakistan Agriculture News

China to import potato, cherry, wheat from Pakistan

ISLAMABAD   –  Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing here on Friday said that China was interested to enhance its import …

Team PakissanJanuary 13, 2019, 10:40 amJanuary 13, 2019 Comments Off on China to import potato, cherry, wheat from Pakistan 113
More Horticulture, Organic Farming

A future for organic apple growing in the Northeast

By Laura Sayre In the humid Eastern states, expanding marketing opportunities are matched by stubborn production challenges. But new disease …

Team PakissanJanuary 10, 2019, 9:12 pmJanuary 10, 2019 Comments Off on A future for organic apple growing in the Northeast 120
Grid Pin, More Horticulture, Pakistan Agriculture News

Horticulture can bring in $2.5 billion Revenue

KARACHI All Pakistan Fruit & Vegetable Exporters, Importers & Merchants Association (PFVA) has submitted recommendations to the Federal Minister National …

Team PakissanJanuary 8, 2019, 6:37 pmJanuary 8, 2019 Comments Off on Horticulture can bring in $2.5 billion Revenue 132
More Horticulture, Pakistan Agriculture News

Three-day Horti Expo from 21st

LAHORE: Punjab agriculture department is organizing Horti Expo 2019 on January 21 and 22 at Expo Centre here for development …

Team PakissanJanuary 7, 2019, 10:58 amJanuary 7, 2019 Comments Off on Three-day Horti Expo from 21st 100
More Horticulture, Pakistan Agriculture News

KP govt all set to launch ‘Fruits for All’ Programme

PESHAWAR – The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Government has finalized an inclusive plan for launching of ‘Fruits for All” program to bolster …

Team PakissanJanuary 7, 2019, 10:54 amJanuary 7, 2019 Comments Off on KP govt all set to launch ‘Fruits for All’ Programme 59

Posts navigation

1 2 3 4 5 Next
Sponsored content

Subscribe to Pakissan.com Newsletter

Connect With Pakissan.com

Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

What’s Trending

Sugar: A white poison

158052

Paddy crop to cover 4.4m acres in Punjab

103216

Dairy industry in Pakistan

8847

Fertilizers available in Pakistan

6108

What is “Agriculture 4.0”?

6092

Recommended for you

News
Local News
International News
Opinions

 

 


Special Reports
CPEC
Climate Change
Precision Farming
New Technology

 

Crops
Cotton
Corn
Rice
Sugar Can
Wheat
More Crops
 


Multimedia

Live Stock
Cattle Farming
Dairy
Fisheries
Poultry
More Live Stock

 


Alerts
Weather
Advisory
Agri Stocks / PIMES
Market Reports

Horticulture
Citrus
Mango
Vegetables
More Horticulture

 
 


Archives

SEARCH FROM THE LARGEST AGRI INFO BANK

About Pakissan     Advertise     Pak APIN     Feedback        

Menu
  • News
    • Local News
    • International News
    • Opinions
  • Crops
    • Cotton
    • Wheat
    • Rice
    • Sugar Cane
    • Corn
    • More Crops
  • Live Stock
    • Cattle Farming
    • Dairy
    • Fisheries
    • Poultry
    • More Live Stock
  • Horticulture
    • Citrus
    • Mango
    • Vegetables
    • More Horticulture
  • Farm Inputs
    • Chemicals
    • Fertilizer
    • Loans Agri
    • Machinery
    • Seeds
    • Water
  • Special Reports
    • CPEC
    • Climate Change
    • Precision Farming
    • New Technology