Month: February 2022

Prime Minister Agriculture Programme: A Plan to Develop 11 Agri Sectors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

  • February 16, 2022
Under the Prime Minister’s National Emergency Agriculture Programme , officials in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agriculture Department told APP news agency that work on 11 gigantic development projects including improvement of watercourses worth Rs19,586 million, water conservation in barani areas costing Rs14,176.967 million and enhancement of command areas of the barani areas worth Rs2,739 million have been […]
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Minister for Use of Modern Technology in Agri Research to Achieve Food Self Sufficiency

  • February 16, 2022
Talking to media persons here at Agriculture Institute Tarnab before getting briefing on the Prime Minister’s National Agriculture Emergency Programme and progress on Agriculture Transformation Plan, the minister said that China had made rapid progress because of the use of modern technology and Pakistan had the potential to achieve new heights of economic development and […]
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Sesamum Seeds worth $120m Exported to China in 2021

  • February 16, 2022
China imported 92,516. 55 tonnes in 2021 and was one of the main destinations for sesamum seeds exports from Pakistan, while in 2020 it was only 38,000 kilograms, according to the official data from the General Administration of Customs of the People`s Republic of China. Commercial Counsellor of Pakistan in China Badar Uz Zaman said […]
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Agriculture Transformation Plan is Revolutionary Project: Gardezi

  • February 16, 2022
Minister for Agriculture, Punjab Syed Hussain Jahanian Gardezi has said that Agriculture Transformation is a revolutionary plan of Prime Minister Imran Khan which promote mechanized agriculture and help to increase crop production in Punjab. Provincial Minister further said that this revolutionary step of promotion of mechanized agriculture will make it possible to carry out farming […]
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Sindh Agriculture University to Host First Two-Day International Conference on Plant Protection Science

  • February 4, 2022
HYDERABAD – The management of Sindh Agriculture University Tando Jam while announcing the hosting of the first two-day international conference on plant protection science during next month has launched the website of the international conference on Wednesday. According to university spokesperson, the international plant protection science conference will be held from March 29 to 30, […]
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Budget 2022: Agriculture Gets a Tech Boost

  • February 4, 2022
From Kisan Drones to public private partnerships to help deliver high-tech services to farmers, the Union Budget`s focus was on increasing the use of technology in the agricultural sector. “The government`s focus on equitable MSP distribution is encouraging to see,” says Kulwant Singh, a farmer from Jalandhar, Punjab. The FM has encouraged the use of […]
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Start ups Bringing Pakistan’s Farming into Digital Age

  • February 4, 2022
Agriculture entrepreneurs are bringing the digital age to Pakistan`s farmers, helping them plan crops better and distribute their produce when the time is right. Until recently, “the most modern machine we had was the tractor”, Aamer Hayat Bhandara, a farmer and local councillor behind one such project told AFP in “Chak 26”, a village in […]
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