Hands Free Hectare (HFH) is a company based in the United Kingdom that set out to develop automated agriculture — …
From Russia, With Love: Wheat for Half the World
Russian food exports are skyrocketing thanks to the world’s appetite for the country’s wheat. Food shipments from the Black Sea …
Future of precision agriculture is about to take flight
In the late ’90s and early 2000s Southeast Community College instructor Rich Douglass mounted cameras to a kite and began …
Safety of Bumblebee for pollination urged
National pollinator day was observed in Barani Agricultural Research Institute, Chakwal with objective to disseminate awareness among masses about the …
Foreign firms charge exorbitant price for seeds
LAHORE – Multinational companies involved in Pakistan’s seed business sell their products to farmers at much higher rates as compared …
Reap holds awards ceremony in Dubai to promote rice exports
LAHORE – With a view to promote rice exports and acknowledge the contribution of world buyers of Pakistani rice, the …
Ban imposed on early sowing of cotton
MULTAN – Assistant Director Agriculture Naveed Asmat Kohloon has said that Punjab agriculture department has imposed ban on cultivation of cotton till the …
Farmers asked to start citrus cultivation
FAISALABAD: Cultivation of citrus should be started immediately as February-March is the most suitable season for gardening of citrustrees.According to a spokesman for agriculture extension …
Govt-set rate continues to elude sugarcane farmers
ISLAMABAD – Sugarcane farmers continued to suffer as the mill owners are not paying them as per government announced rate . The farmers have …
Soyabean, palm oil imports up by 82.19pc, 19.04pc respectively
Islamabad: Edible oil imports including soyabean and palm into the country during last seven months of current financial year witnessed 82.18 …
Pakistan’s food & oil imports spike up 26 percent
ISLAMABAD: The country’s food and oil import bill increased 26 percent on a year-on-year basis, touching $11.6 billion during first seven …