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      • Arrival of cotton at factories falls by 7.34pc: PCGA
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      • Qatar lifts ban on import of Pak rice
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      • PTI govt likely to increase wheat support price
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      • New sugarcane varieties introduced
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      • Sugar mills non committal to payment schedule to farmers
      • Millers refuse to start cane crushing
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      • FAO provides Maize seeds to farmers in Orakzai agency, Pakistan
      • Corn production in Tanzania to fall in 2018-19
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      • USDA raises 2017 corn estimate, lowers soybeans from November
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      • Gram production may exceed estimates
      • Govt devises plan for sunflower cultivation
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      • Baharia maize cultivation to start from mid-Jan
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      • Funds released for acquiring land for cattle market
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      • Livestock Dept takes steps to empower rural women
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      • 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
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      • 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
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      • Export of chicken feet to China becomes a thriving business
      • Desi poultry birds’ rearing in progress at govt farm
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      • Farmers’ interest in ostrich farming on the rise
      • Ostrich Farming – The Largest Living Species of Bird In the World
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      • 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
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      • 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
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      • 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
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      • 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
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      • 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
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      • 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
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      • 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
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      • 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

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DERA MURAD JAMALI: Provincial Minister for Agriculture Engineer Zamrak Khan Piralizai on Thursday assured members of the market committee Sibi …

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