Policy risks to agriculture

Policy risks to agriculture By Ahmad Fraz Khan If farmers’ fears are to go by, the new year might not be any different for agriculture from the last one. They think that this year too, the terms of trade would be unfavourable for them, international recession would keep commodity prices down and an ever-expanding domestic tax regime would keep the cost of production high. Listing factors causing fears, farmers maintain that uncertainty is...

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Hoti launches mechanised farming project at Tarnab

December 04, 2012: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Amir Haider Khan Hoti has formally launched Mechanised Farming Project and Agriculture Policy at Tarnab Farm on Monday. Addressing the ceremony, he said that project of mechanised farming and agriculture policy will prove harbinger of progress in active government functionaries, financial improvement of farmers and progress in agriculture production. Provincial Agriculture Minister...

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Cotton market: prices firm amid modest trading

December 05, 2012: Rates moved up cautiously on the cotton market on Tuesday after the short fall in phutti arrivals in the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) fortnightly report, dealers said. Official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 5,900, they said. Above, 1300 bales of cotton finalised between Rs 5650 and Rs 600, they said. Prices of seedcotton (phutti) in Sindh were nearly unchanged at Rs 2500-2700, in Punjab, rates were at...

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Pre Feasibility Study on raisin Production Unit

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Graps in Sindh By: M.H. Panhwar

Grapes are said to have originated from Pakistan to the Caucasus Mountains area. There still are wild varieties of grapes in hilly tracts of the northern area of Pakistan and Dr. Maxime Thompson of the University of Oregon has collected more than 100 wild varieties recently. They still are in quarantine with the USDA. Some 12,000 years ago temperatures were some 10°F (5.5°C) lower than today and Sindh (see the climatic map of Sindh drawn...

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Pakistan: high value early maturing grapes varieties for monsoon rain fall region of Punjab

Pakistan: high value early maturing grapes varieties for monsoon rain fall region of Punjab Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) Scientists are striving hard for developing modern technologies by identifying crop varieties that are more productive, profitable and environment friendly.According to a press release issued from National Agricultural Reserch Centre Planning and Monitoring Research Cell, Scientists engaged in research activities...

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