When Balbir Singh refers to his ordeal, he uses the Italian word “macello”, which roughly translates as “mess” — but it is hardly enough to convey what the migrant Indian farm worker has endured. For six years, he lived in what can only be described as slave-like conditions tending cattle in the province of Latina, […]
Agriculture
Govt aims to cultivate 220 million acres of land:Jamshed Cheema
ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Food Security Jamshed Iqbal Cheema Wednesday said that under the Agriculture Transformation Plan, the government would bring all the land into cultivation where a human being or a plant can survive all across the country. “We have 220 million acres of land and out of […]
University of Agriculture Faisalabad approves Rs7.68 bn budget
University of Agriculture Faisalabad Finance and Planning Committee has approved Rs 7.686 billion budget for the financial year 2021-22 that would be presented before the Syndicate and Senate for approval. The meeting was chaired by UAF Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Anas Sarwar Qureshi while the budget was presented by Treasurer Umar Saeed Qadri. The House […]
Interest free loans for seasonal crops a blessing for small farmers
MULTAN: Farmers on Friday extolled the government decision for the provision of interest free loan worth Rs150,000 for every seasonal crop and said it would not only help farmers economically but also enhance agricultural productivity. Some representatives of Pakistan Kissan Ittehad, Chaudhary Khalid Mahmood, Malik Ahmed Nawaz Asar, Shafique Aaraen, Ishnaaq Watto and some others […]
Pakistan Economic Survey 2020-21: Agriculture credit disbursement witnessed 4.6 % growth
ISLAMABAD: Despite the global pandemic, agriculture credit disbursement remained encouraging during July-March, 2020-21 as agriculture lending institutions have disbursed Rs 953.7 billion which higher than 4.6 percent as compared to the disbursement of the corresponding period of last year. So far 63.6 percent of the annual target of disbursement achieved and it was 4.6 percent […]
Thar women produce vegetables at home to fight poverty
MITHI: Thar women are producing vegetables in hopes to eliminate poverty. A peasant woman, Hoori Bheel, residing in village Ameen Soomro, near Kaloi town, Tharparkar district, has cultivated off-season vegetables at her courtyard to have safe food products at home. Describing her tale, she said “I started kitchen gardening quite recently, producing a variety of […]
KP starts e-agriculture, tele farming to facilitate farmers
PESHAWAR: The Agriculture Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has started e-agriculture and tele-farming helpline and android mobile app for facilitation of farmers to give them free consultation, guideline and advices on crops’ growth and diseases. According to an official, the farmers and common man from across the province can access the helpline or mobile app to […]
PCMEA demands priority to carpet industry for increasing exports
LAHORE: Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCMEA) has said that country’s export sectors are facing more difficulties and they should be given priority, especially the carpet sector. PCMEA Vice Chairman Riaz Ahmed told the media on Sunday that he had written a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan for solving carpet sector’s problems to […]
Evaluating Pakistan’s fertilizer consumption
It is commonly acknowledged that fertilizer use in Pakistani agriculture is heavily biased toward urea application. After all, the bulk of Pakistan’s small-scale and subsistence farmers can’t afford high-value fertilizers like DAP and nitro phosphates. The credo among the country’s innovative farmers is that the key to unlocking goal crop yields is an optimal ratio, […]
Rs83bn projects identified to modernise agriculture sector under CPEC
ISLAMABAD: As many as 18 projects worth around Rs83 billion have been identified in agriculture sector under the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Project, with an aim to exploit its true potential and modernize it for the sustainable economic growth. “Agriculture development is the main component of the second-phase of CPEC and both China and […]