DailyTimes (May 27, 2009)
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Food and Agriculture on Tuesday held a Kissan convention in convention centre Islamabad. The convention was attended by almost 1000 farmers representing all four provinces and state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Speaking on the occasion Minister for Food and Agriculture, Nazar Mohammad Gondal said that the government was committed [...]
Archive for May 27th, 2009
27 May
Kissan convention : ‘Govt committed to improving agri productivity’
27 May
Wheat purchase policy changed
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
By The News Correspondent
LAHORE
THE Punjab government has changed its wheat procurement mechanism and decided to achieve the remaining wheat purchase target through newly established facilitation centres.
The new system will ensure procurement of wheat from real farmers, claimed Punjab Food Minister Malik Nadeem Kamran while addressing a meeting here on Tuesday. He said this step [...]
27 May
Delay in Payment irks Punjab
May 27, 2009 DAWN
LAHORE, May 26: Farmers’ complaints about delayed wheat payments are getting louder by the day, especially in central Punjab.
Food Department officials concede “some problems at some centres, owing to money transfer hiccups rather than its shortage”.
Though payments are being made, says Muhammad Riaz, a farmer in the outskirts of Lahore, [...]
27 May
Steady Condition on Cotton Market
May 27, 2009 DAWN
KARACHI, May 26: Quietly steady conditions were witnessed on the cotton market on Tuesday as some of the ginners indulged in big lot business in an apparent effort to clear the backlog.
“After having lost all hopes about end-season price flare-up mostly caused by short supply, leading ginners are now inclined to [...]
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