Month: June 2022

MULTAN: Speakers in a three day workshop called for organic cotton production which aims to bring sustainability by reducing the use of pesticides, synthetic fertilisers and water. During the workshop, Hafiz Muhammad Bakhsh, Manager, WWF-Pakistan gave the participants a complete orientation on organic cotton farming and the standard requirements for organic certification. He added that […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Asia Pak Investment — a company owned by son of the former ISPR DG Lt-Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa — inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China’s Optima Integration Group on Monday to strengthen B2B agricultural cooperation between the two nations. The project between the signing parties will comprise setting up an […]

PESHAWAR – Growers of a new variety of garlic, NARC G1, have advised farming community of the country to take advantage of this garlic variety which has the potential of not only saving billions by reducing imports but also can help generate enormous profits for farmers due to high yield per acre. “The new variety […]

“Around 80 percent of milk is produced by rural areas where the facilities of cold storage at large scale are not available.” The VC called for setting up maximum cold storage facilities in rural areas of the country so that the maximum amount of milk produced there could be preserved. The PhD scholar Deepesh Kumar […]

At the time, the country is facing the issue of availability of Urea but the incumbent government reiterated the commitment that it would not tolerate unjustified price increase of urea, Salman said, adding: “There is a need to ensure a proper checking and tracking system to overcome shortages of key soil nutrients in the country.” […]