Mango Production Likely To Drop by 20%

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | June 2, 2023

    By Omed Hajjana Pakistan’s mango production is likely to drop by around 20% during this season. The main factors that resulted in low production included climate change, unseasonal rains, heavy windstorms, and hailstorms. These hailstorms occurred in the last few months of April and May. Farmers who grow mangoes said that bad effects of climate…

    FFBL Faces 22000 MT Fertilizer Production Loss Due To Low Gas Pressure

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | June 2, 2023

    Low gas pressure has caused a 22,000 metric tonne fertilizer production loss for Fauji Fertiliser Bin Qasim Limited (FFBL). In order to maintain the highest gas pressure possible at all fertilizer facilities and produce urea fertilizer as efficiently as possible, the government has instructed the Petroleum Division to take the necessary steps. Urea fertilizer’s annual…

    Food Minister holds Provinces responsible for Wheat Flour Crisis

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | January 13, 2023

    The food minister on Friday held the provinces responsible for wheat flour crisis, saying, they were not providing wheat in their own areas. He further said that putting the blame on the federal government for the lack of wheat and wheat flour was just a politically motivated move. At the same time as he spoke…

    US Ambassador asks to clear illegally imported GMO Soybean Vessels

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | November 30, 2022

    Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema said on Wednesday that the US ambassador had asked him to give a one-time clearance to GMO soybean vessels that were illegally brought in and seized by customs officials. Cheema told the National Assembly Standing Committee on National Food Security that GMO soybean imports…

    Italy to provide technical support for olive cultivation in Pakistan

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | November 22, 2022

    Italy has announced that it would provide technical assistance for olive cultivation in Pakistan. A meeting of the Steering Committee on Olive Culture Holistic and Multi-Professional Mechanism for a Pakistani Olive Oil Value Chain project was held at the Ministry of National Food Security and Research. Ambassador of Italy to Pakistan, Andreas Ferrarese and Secretary…

    World Bank to provide $1.3b for agriculture, housing, emergency

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | November 16, 2022

    The World Bank is planning to give Pakistan $1.3b to help with emergencies, agriculture, and housing. While talking about the World Bank’s Board meeting in December, John A Roome said that the World Bank plans to provide Pakistan with the financial support of $1.3 billion for emergency, agriculture, and housing relief. The World Bank’s Regional…

    ECC approves 0.3m wheat import from Russia

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | October 31, 2022

    The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Monday approved the import of 0.3 million tons of wheat from Russia on a government-to-government basis. Pakistan will import at a rate of $372 per ton. Earlier, ECC had approved the import of wheat at $373 per ton through a tender by TCP. So, the deal with Russia is…

    Kissan Card Scheme: Punjab Calls for Enhancing Subsidy Allocation

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | February 16, 2022

    Punjab has requested the federal government to enhance the subsidy allocation to disburse through Kissan Card to meet the target of 1 million cards among farmers till June 2022. The Punjab province called for enhancing subsidy allocation in a high-level meeting of the National Coordination Committee here on Wednesday. Federal Minister NFSR The 18th Meeting…

    Wheat production to surpass 27.5 million metric tons

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | September 27, 2021

    News Report Islamabad: Wheat Review Committee on Monday estimated total wheat production to exceed 27.5 million metric tons this year. Wheat Review Committee on Wheat 2021-22 Crop held a meeting on Monday under the Chair Syed Fakhar Imam, Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research, Islamabad. Representatives of all Provincial Food Departments, PASSCO, and…

    ECC approves 73 mmcfd LNG supply to AGL, Fatima

    By NewzTodays Editorial Team | September 15, 2021

    Aftab Ahmed Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has approved the supply of 73 mmcfd LNG to AGL and Fatima Fertilizer plants to produce fertilizer. However, it has directed the industries ministry to consult stakeholders to find out the demand of urea in the country. It also further directed to work out the possibility of import of…