Archive for May 5th, 2009

comment: Rethinking corporate farming

Governments and corporations are buying up farmland in other countries to grow their own food – or simply to make money
By Syed Mohammad Ali (DailyTimes)
Our government is planning to offer Arab investors legislative cover to protect them from changes in the government, but hardly any attention has yet been given to the need for protecting poor [...]

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Farmland: selling sensitive ideas

By Afshan Subohi
Monday, 04 May, 2009 (DAWN)
THE vast tracts of fertile Indus plains and the world’s largest irrigation network have not been sufficient enough for us to achieve food autarky because of outdated farm management practices. Now, in its bid to experiment with new ideas, the federal government has decided to play host to overseas [...]

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Contract farming: protecting growers’ stake

By Muhammad Mazhar Nawaz Khan and Abdul Ghafoor
Monday, 13 Apr, 2009 (DAWN)
THE changing pattern of marketing and increasing emphasis on farmers’ security have popularised the concept of contract farming, whereby a farmer enters into a contract with a processing/marketing firm to supply a pre-arranged quantity and quality of produce at a pre-arranged price.
 
The contract [...]

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