Month: June 2021

Pakistan-China Cooperation in Sugar Industry to Bring ‘Sweet Revolution’

  • June 10, 2021
Pakistan and China can produce high-grade sugar in abundance and export it across the world, said Dr. Gu Wenliang, Agricultural Commissioner of the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, according to China Economic Net (CEN). “Sugarcane cooperation between China and Pakistan will bring sweet revolution, and will literally turn the friendship between the two nations sweeter than […]
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Enabling Strategies for Developing Pakistan’s Agriculture

  • June 10, 2021
A recent report, jointly prepared by experts from Victoria University in Australia and leading government officials in Pakistan, take such a strategic view. It identifies smallholder agriculture as a pivotal sector for Pakistan, arguing the comprehensive initiatives to assist smallholders could have major flow-on economic and social impacts. The starting point is that while the […]
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Minister Suggests Reforms to Improve Farm Yield

  • June 10, 2021
Food Security Minister Syed Fakhar Imam has suggested a raft of interventions such as seed sector reform, digital subsidiary management, water efficiency, farmers’ access to credit, and restructuring research institutions to improve productivity and bridge the yield gap. Imam gave a detailed presentation on agriculture to the Economic Advisory Council meeting chaired by Finance Minister […]
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Growing Waling-Waling Using the Tissue Culture Method

  • June 4, 2021
When growing ornamental plants, gardeners often take the natural route by growing plants from cuttings or seeds. All it takes is combining science with horticulture, and you’ve got the tissue culture method. Dominic Albis Galimba, a plant tissue culture expert, uses this method to grow the Philippine endemic orchid, waling-waling. “Through plant tissue culture, we can grow and conserve without taking the […]
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Prime Minister’s Agriculture Emergency Programme to Revolutionize Agri, Livestock Sectors

  • June 3, 2021
The federal minister for National Food Security and Research, Syed Fakhar Imam, Monday, said that encouraging the agriculture sector for quality production and value addition was an important pillar of our national strategy. Realizing the potential of agriculture and taking cognizance of the challenges related to agriculture, the present government has introduced “Prime Minister Agriculture […]
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