Ahmad Fraz Khan
Authorities agree that some kind of mutation has taken place and two internationally-accepted factors of this grasshopper’s lifecycle have been broken the in the last seven months
Published 27 May, 2020 06:34am
Shahbaz accuses PTI govt of victimising opposition...
Published 26 Feb, 2020 07:10am
A communication gap between officials and farmers has worsened the problem...
Published 03 Feb, 2020 07:11am
It may take anywhere between four and five weeks to complete the wheat import process. By that calculation...
Published 27 Jan, 2020 07:02am
THE world of agriculture looks bleak from the fertiliser’s point of view. Higher prices have impacted all crops,...
Published 06 Jan, 2020 07:07am
This year, the federation wants farmers to produce 27m tonnes after an increase of 5pc in the official rate
Published 09 Dec, 2019 07:22am
A national vegetable policy is required that identifies potential production areas in different ecological zones...
Published 18 Nov, 2019 07:01am
Traders believe the government needs to allow the import of 200,000 to 300,000 tonnes of wheat, at least for Karachi.
Updated 12 Nov, 2019 07:33am
Cotton crop alone is expected to cost the national exchequer over $2 billion in imports and bring the national ...
Published 04 Nov, 2019 07:17am
LAHORE: The JUI-F crowd, accompanying its chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman for the last three days in his ‘Azadi...
Published 31 Oct, 2019 07:07am
LAHORE: It is premature to call it a march, a dharna (sit-in) or a rally: what the JUI-F is doing is taking a sea of...
Published 19 Oct, 2019 06:58am
The SDGs, which bind Pakistan — and Punjab by extension — to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030, have been ...
Published 23 Sep, 2019 07:04am
An increase in acreage and improvement in farming practices could double production in the next five years.
Updated 11 Sep, 2019 07:37am
The Indian ban on imports means cotton may have to be sourced from the US.
Updated 26 Aug, 2019 09:05am
Punjab’s agricultural growth strategy envisages increase in total factor productivity by 300pc and creation of 1.26
Published 03 Jun, 2019 07:44am
The Punjab Food Department has no idea how much wheat to procure to ensure national food security next year
Published 13 May, 2019 07:03am
AS experts put it, one word that defines agriculture research scene in Pakistan is ‘directionless’. It lacks sustained
Published 25 Apr, 2019 07:06am
Improvements in supply and marketing are still a distant dream.
Updated 08 Apr, 2019 09:35am
Pakistan exports less than 10pc of its kinno crop.
Updated 11 Mar, 2019 08:14am
Barely eight months after notifying an agriculture policy, the Punjab government is at it again.
Updated 25 Feb, 2019 09:07am
