Agriculture

News Desk  Islamabad: Experts on Saturday emphasized the need for Pakistan to utilize indigenous technology currently idle in research departments and to improve governance to enhance climate resilience amid growing environmental crises.…

Fakhar-e-Alam Mardan: Ali Hazrat, a 45-year-old mango grower, was extremely worried after a drop in production of the most nutritious fruit, which is useful in the fight against heatstroke as health experts have declared him highly…

News Desk  Sukkar: The Sukkar Met Office has forecast that due to the ongoing heatwave in the region, temperatures in Sukkur division could reach between 47.5°C and 48°C on Wednesday. The very hot and dry weather will continue to…

Fakhar-e-Alam Peshawar: As the morning sun illuminates Mohib Banda village in Nowshera district, Hussain Ali, a 28-year-old farmer, starts his tractor to smooth out his farmland, which had become bumpy from recent heavy rains and flash…

News Desk  Islamabad:  Flour mills aim to acquire 10 lakh tonnes of wheat, while feed mills and seed mills have reportedly set their sights on purchasing 10 lakh tonnes and 6 lakh tonnes of wheat, respectively. According to industry…

APP New York: Pakistan has expressed its support for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in establishing a facility with broader and people-centric criteria to enhance efforts to combat hunger, improve nutrition, and ensure food…

APP Bahawalpur: Bahawalpur and adjoining areas received a dust storm here on Friday afternoon, which dropped temperatures.  Meanwhile, the local Met Office has forecast partly cloudy to partly cloudy weather for the city for the next…

APP  United Nations: Global food prices in March recorded their first monthly increase in seven months, driven by higher costs of vegetable oils and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), a Rome-based UN agency, has…

Faisal Saleem Khanewal: It is an established fact that conventionally operated kilns and burned crop residues emit black smoke and carbon, causing cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in humans. Shams Bibi, a resident of Mushtaq Colony…

Shakila Jalil Rawalpindi: In 2020, the UNDP assessed Pakistan's agriculture sector as 90 percent susceptible to the impacts of Covid-19, with 72 percent of rural women engaged in labor. The press conference, organized by Shirakat, a…