Month: January 2021

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan, and China have agreed to multiply the agricultural and industrial cooperation as they launched an Agricultural and Industrial Cooperation Information Platform, says a report published by China Economic Net on Thursday. Speaking at the online launching ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong said the platform jointly initiated by CEN and China […]

A representative of the PCCC underlined the need for adopting modern technology to ensure maximum production. The meeting suggested the use of BT and genetically modified seed varieties that could enhance crop production. Speaking on the occasion, Pakistan Kissan Ittehad President Khalid Khokhar pointed out that the cost of production in the country was higher and needed to […]

LAHORE: Agricultural scientists should focus on developing new varieties of crops that can withstand the ongoing climate change and have high productivity with resistance to diseases, which will increase agriculture yields per acre and farmers’ profit. This was stated by Provincial Minister for Agriculture Syed Hussain Jahanian Gardezi while presiding over the 54th meeting of […]

Chairman PARC, Dr. Muhammad Azeem stated this while talking to Minister of Agriculture Gilgit Baltistan, Muhammad Kazim Mesam, who visited PARC and National Agriculture Research Center on Monday. The minister visited different institutes of NARC and was briefed about the objectives of the council. The minister was also briefed about the establishment of quality check farm, certified […]

Pakistan-China cooperation program on cotton improvement is underway, China Economic Net reported on Tuesday. “While Pakistan is still struggling to cope with the problems of insect pests, diseases, fiber quality and yield in the cotton industry, China has already made a significant breakthrough to overcome these problems long ago”, said agriculture scientist Muhammad Shahid Iqbal. Scholar on the program initiated by Cotton […]

Dr. A W Gandahi, Focal Person and Professor Department of Soil Sciences, Dr. Mujahid Hussain Laghari, Chairman, High Power Farm Management Committee, Prof Dr. Muhammad Ismail Kumbhar, Director UA & FA, and Nasir Memon, Ph.D. Scholar conducting his Ph.D. research work on Oil Palm Plantation in Sindh attended the meeting at Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam. […]

The initiative was aiming to encourage pulses farming in these areas in order to address the malnutrition issues besides providing livelihood opportunities for the people of the area. “We had formed different beans cluster for multiplication of seeds in order to attain self-sufficiency in pulses seeds and fulfill the dietary needs of these areas”, Chairman […]