The Punjab Agriculture Department has evolved a new strategy to achieve record cotton yield. Modern techniques and latest research are the part of strategy, a spokesman of the agriculture department informed the media here on Monday. This strategy will consist of four phases. Steps have been mentioned for all of these phases to protect the […]

Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) has adopted Integrated Management Strategies to control fruit fly in orchards and facilitate peach growers to improve quality and quantity of exports. The council, as part of its measures, also established Germplasm Units in public sector for bud-wood supply to commercial nurseries and ensured true to type and high quality

The food imports into the country witnessed an increase of 5.43pc during the first five months of the current fiscal year compared to the corresponding period of last year. The food imports into the country during July-Nov (2016-17) were recorded at $2.340 billion compared to the imports of $2.219b during July-November (2015-16), according to the

The district agriculture department has achieved its cultivation target of wheat crops and introduced modern techniques to enhance per acre production. District Officer Agricultural Faiz Ahmad Kundi told APP on Tuesday that farmers were being provided relief. He said that a comprehensive campaign was launched for creating awareness among farmers regarding packages provided by the

Pakistan has produced 154,825 ton banana from 34,830 hectares per annum with major contribution coming from Sindh and the rest shared by other provinces notably Punjab. The tradition of banana sowing in the sub-continent was centuries old and according to an assessment it originated from Bangladesh, said Agriculture Information Assistant Director Naveed Asmat Kahlon. Well

Telenor Pakistan’s ‘Khushal Zamindar’, a user-friendly Robocall, IVR and SMS content based mobile agriculture service for small scale farmers – provides location-specific weather forecast along with contextual agronomic advisory for every farmer’s relevant crop mix and tips for livestock management. ‘Khushal Zamindar’ also allow farmers to contact agriculture experts once a week through a live

Agricultural experts on Monday said that agro ecological zones were being redesigned by keeping in view agricultural sustainability, water scarcity, climate changes, changing weather pattern, soil fertility and deteriorating underground water quality and markets issues. The experts were addressing a meeting held to redesign the agro ecological zones at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad. The

Hundreds of farmers staged a demonstration against overbilling and high tariff in front of the Multan Electric Power Company Headquarters here on Monday. The protesting farmers led by Pakistan Kisan Ittehad chairman Ch Anwar blocked the Khanewal Road by parking their tractor-trolleys. They also tried to besiege the Mepco Headquarters but a heavy contingent of

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