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164EnglishCrop improvement: Experts underscore need for using emerging technologies
FAISALABAD: World renowned wheat genetics and genomics scientists, and founding Director Wheat Genetics Resources center, Kansas State University US Prof Dr Bikram...
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172EnglishBreeders urged to cultivate high-yielding crops
TOBA TEK SINGH: Renowned wheat genetics and genomics scientist and founding director of the Wheat Genetics Resources Center at US Kansas State...
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169EnglishFarmers protest cheap maize imports from Uganda
The price of maize has started going down over the past two weeks as cheaper imports from neighbouring Uganda flood the informal...
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150EnglishPunjab agri dept to boost kharif maize cultivation for biofuel needs
BATHINDA : The Punjab agriculture department has mooted an ambitious farm diversification plan to boost cultivation of maize, the state’s traditional staple...
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148EnglishGovt to start maize purchase by distillers at guaranteed price from farmers
The government has rolled out the standard operating procedure (SoP) of its scheme through which cooperatives such as NAFED and NCCF will...
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157EnglishNo more deductions for final cane payment: Singh
Sugar Industry Minister, Charan Jeath Singh, has announced that there will be no deductions in cane payments for farmers ensuring that they...
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146EnglishHit the sweet spot for boosting sugarcane productivity
PROTESTS by sugarcane growers demanding a hike in the state-advised price (SAP) and payment of arrears of previous years marked the start...
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138EnglishSugar price soars despite abundance in sugarcane crushing season
Sugar prices have maintained an upward trend at retail levels despite the ongoing sugarcane crushingseason, which consumer rights activists say has been...
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137Englishmpact of duty cut yet to be visible
The impact of cutting import duties for four essential commodities that remain in high demand during Ramadan is yet to become visible...
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140EnglishGovt yet to decide on single grade white rice
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has yet to decide on introducing a single grade of white rice known as the Malaysia MADANI white rice....
