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Pakistan's outdated mandi system stifles agricultural innovation
Updated : 2 days, 5 hours ago IST
Pakistan's fruit and vegetable supply remains dominated by traditional middlemen and the "mandi" system, with digital platforms handling only 2-3% of trade. Restrictive provincial laws and lack of infrastructure force farmers into dependency on commission agents, stalling modern technologica
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Policy failures deepen chaos in Pakistan's crop planning
Updated : 1 month ago IST
According to Dawn, cultivators typically rely on last season's returns instead of dependable projections about demand, exports or global supply. When a crop fetches good prices one year, acreage surges the next. The market then becomes flooded, prices collapse, and farmers absorb heavy losse
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FAO flags low soil fertility and severe nutrient deficiency across Pakista
Updated : 3 months ago IST
During the observance of 'World Soil Day,' on Friday, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations released a new assessment indicating that Pakistan's soils are generally characterised by low fertility and significant nutrient deficiencies, as reported by Dawn.
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Pakistan's alarming soil decline signals a looming food security crisis
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pakistan may not be named in the latest State of Food and Agriculture 2025 report, but the warning signs outlined by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) mirror the country's worsening agricultural realities.
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Pakistan's agriculture sliding into crisis amid soaring production costs a
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Over recent years, the prices of fertilisers, pesticides, diesel, electricity, and farm machinery have skyrocketed, while global crop prices have steadily declined, a combination that has made cultivation unviable for many growers across the country.
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Flawed policies threaten Pakistan's wheat security as Punjab blocks seed s
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Punjab's seed producers, supplying nearly 90% of Pakistan's seeds, warned that government restrictions on wheat seed distribution could trigger an agricultural crisis. The Seed Association of Pakistan urged immediate reforms to protect food security, appealing to authorities and the army for
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Pak: New probe launched into import of 'substandard' wheat amid growing co
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif had previously formed a fact-finding committee on May 3 to investigate irregularities in wheat import decisions despite expectations of a bumper crop.
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Pakistan’s agriculture sector may face crisis as country struggles to meet
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The fertilizer review committee (FRC), a body that monitors the availability and prices of fertilizers, in its recent report warned that the country could face a shortfall of urea in the ongoing Kharif season, as well as the upcoming Rabi season.
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Climate change to decline Pakistan's agricultural yields: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Pakistan faces a huge food crisis due to rapidly increasing population and inadequate food productivity. Currently, Pakistan is ranked at 92nd position out of 116 nations in Global Hunger Index.
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Pakistan's GDP growth rate for current fiscal year reaches 0.29 pc
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The statistics of the growth rate of the national economy of Pakistan during the current fiscal year released by the National Accounts Committee are shocking. The target of GDP growth rate for the current financial year was set at 5 per cent. However, the actual growth has been reported to b
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Pak govt fails to implement bonded labour abolition law, say activists
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 18 (ANI): Human rights activists have come together in Pakistan to express concern regarding the dire conditions of agriculture workers who are facing social and economic exclusion from the agriculture fields due to non-payment of their due by landlords.
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12 injured as terrorists open fire near Peshawar University
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], Dec 1 (ANI): At least 12 people have been reportedly injured in a firing incident in Peshawar's Agriculture Directorate located next to a hostel of the Peshawar University on Friday.
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