Rice production likely to reach 7m tons this year
STAFF REPORT ISB: The SUPARCO says that rice production in Pakistan is likely to reach around 7 million tons in 2013-14 because of higher than expected rabi season rice…
Pakistan receives $4m rice export orders from China
STAFF REPORT KHI: Pakistani rice exporters have managed to secure $4 million worth of export orders of the commodity from China during the recently concluded visit of rice exporters…
PARC, IRRI join h and s to promote rice farming
STAFF REPORT LHR: The Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) of Philippines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote rice and rice-based farming…
Pak scientist develops highest yielding rice strain
STAFF REPORT PSR: A Pakistani scientist, Dr Fida Abbasi has developed Super NPT technology which is a unique technology for increasing the rice production of the country.Dr Abbasi had been…
Mismanagement of rice costs govt Rs 11b loss
STAFF REPORT IBD: The procurement of sub-standard rice and its late disposal inflicted Rs 11 billion loss to the national exchequer, says a report the Auditor-General of Pakistan.The report said…
Agony of rice growers
IT IS almost end-June; the entire rice-growing area is dying of thirst. The gates of the Rice Canal feeding this area was supposed to have delivered water to paddy farmers…
Pakistan exports over 3m tons rice
STAFF REPORT IBD: Pakistan has exported 3.025 million tons of rice, 0.725 million tons Basmati and 2.3 million Irri-6 and other varieties this season."The export of Basmati rice declined by…
Research on rice vital for food security
STAFF REPORT IBD: Feeding Asia in the 21st century will require a second green revolution, however, unlike in the first generation, future yield increases will have to come from crop…