Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday announced a package to provide additional electricity to the industry and agriculture sectors at a subsidized rate of Rs 22.98 per unit for the next three years. The prime minister announced the Roshan Economy Electricity Package during a meeting with a delegation of experts from the industry and agriculture […]
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Sindh Urges Federal Govt to Set Wheat Support
KARACHI — Sindh Agriculture Minister Muhammad Bux Khan Mahar has called on the federal government to promptly set the wheat support price, citing growing financial pressure on farmers due to pricing uncertainty. Minister Mahar urged Islamabad to fix the wheat support price at Rs4,200 per 40kg, stressing that delays were making it difficult for farmers […]
Farmers demand clarity in wheat price policy, independent price commission
President Pakistan Kissan Ittehad Khalid Mehmood Khokhar urged the Punjab government to clarify the mechanism and details of the recently announced wheat support price of Rs3,500 per 40kg, stressing that farmers are still uncertain whether they will actually receive this rate. While holding press conference here, he emphasized that the government must clearly define how […]
Punjab CM launches scheme to give 1,000 tractors to wheat farmers
For the first time in Punjab’s history, 1000 free tractors along with cash grant scheme worth Rs 5,000 per acre has been launched for the wheat farmers. Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif launched the said scheme by giving tractors and cash grant to the wheat farmers in a ceremony being held at Rice Institute […]
Punjab CM approves wheat support program for 600,000 farmers
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has approved a wheat support subsidy of Rs 5,000 per acre for 600,000 farmers under the ‘Kissan Card’ initiative. Farmers who are not currently registered under the Kissan Card program will also be eligible to receive the same per-acre subsidy. Chairing a special meeting, here on Monday, the CM […]
Govt taking measures for solarization of tubewells, implementation of farmers package: PM
LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday said the government was taking measures for converting agriculture tubewells on solar energy and for implementation of farmers package. He was chairing a review meeting regarding solarization of tubewells and for implementation of the farmers package. He said the conversion of tubewells on solar energy would reduce the per […]
Govt urged for prompt implementation of Kissan Package
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Furniture Council (PFC) Thursday urged the government to ensure prompt implementation of Rs 1.8 trillion Kissan Package to provide solace to flood hit aggrieved farmers and reap its benefits across the country. Talking to a delegation of progressive agriculturalists led by Jawad Hafeez, PFC CEO Mian Kashif Ashfaq said now what we urgently […]
Dissemination of agriculture research priority of PARC: Chairman
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) is working to improve agriculture for ensuring self-sufficiency in all major food crops and reducing the reliance on imported food items. This was stated by PARC Chairman Dr Ghulam Muhammad Ali, while addressing a ceremony organized by the Employees Association of PARC (EAPARC), said a press release on Friday. […]
Sugarcane guidelines can help farmers go beyond 500 Maunds per acre
MULTAN: Farmers can move beyond existing low of 500-600 Maunds per acre average sugarcane yield by slightly modifying agronomic practices and better care. Sugarcane is Pakistan’s important cash crop that involved countless people in earning activity from farm to industry and market chain, says a release issued by agriculture department here Saturday. There is no […]
SCA demands declaration of Sindh as drought hit in view of water scarcity, loans of farmers
HYDERABAD: The Sindh Chamber of Agriculture (SCA) has demanded that the province should be declared drought-hit in view of the persisting water scarcity and the loans of the farmers who own up to 16 acres land should be waived. A meeting of the SCA, chaired by its President Syed Miran Muhammad Shah here on Sunday, […]