ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is facing a sharp decline in cotton production as its per-acre yield has contracted to just half of the cotton productivity in regional countries. Owing to thin profit…

LAHORE: In a major step to facilitate cotton farmers, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday approved Rs8,500 per 40 kg as the support price of cotton. He gave directive to…

KARACHI: The agriculture sector is experiencing a shift in crop yields and income following the recent floods and support price adjustments. Wheat, sugarcane, and basmati rice are expected to see…

KARACHI: In an SOS to the prime minister, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA)’s Patron-in-Chief Gohar Ejaz on Saturday said, the risk of default in the textile industry has increased…

KARACHI: Pakistan’s cotton production is projected to plunge to a four-decade low to around four million bales in 2022, as output slumped 41% to a mere 3.7 million bales in…

KARACHI: Due to the impact of the global recession, cotton prices have fallen steeply in Pakistan. This is creating a dual situation whereby it brings relief to the textile industry…

HASSANABAD: Planting cotton for the first time was shaping up as a shrewd investment for young Pakistani farmer Muhammad Awais – until the floods struck. “I used good, expensive seed,…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is going to face a historic decline of 43.08% in cotton production for the year 2022-23. A high-powered Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA) was informed on Thursday that…

ISLAMABAD: The wheat support price would be approved in the next meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), the Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research was informed…

KARACHI: Pakistan’s cotton production has shrunk 19% to 2.19 million bales till September 15, 2022 in the current season mainly due to the devastation caused by heavy rainfall and flash…