Pakistan is considering phased adoption of GMO maize to boost productivity, exports and food security. Officials estimate yields could rise 15–20 maunds...
Pakistan’s Interim National Wheat Policy 2025–26 aims to boost private sector participation in wheat procurement, storage, and trading, reduce fiscal costs, ensure...
Wheat prices have surged in Lahore’s open market, pushing flour costs higher. Wheat rose Rs300 per maund in a month to Rs4,200,...
Wheat sowing in Punjab has surpassed 3 million acres, progressing toward the 16.5-million-acre target for 2025–26. Favorable soil moisture from September floods...
Pakistan’s agriculture sector is under severe strain as input costs for fertiliser, fuel and electricity rise while crop prices fall, reducing farm...
Punjab has set a wheat cultivation target of 16.5 million acres, including 836,000 acres in Sahiwal. Certified seed is available at Rs...
Flour millers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have threatened a province-wide protest if Punjab’s ban on wheat and flour movement is not lifted. At...
Senate Chairman Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani praised Pakistan’s rice sector for its key economic role, contributing 0.6% to GDP. At REAP’s 17th...
Pakistan’s Basmati crop has largely survived recent floods, with only about 10% of Punjab’s fields affected. Expanded planting and favorable weather mitigated...