SOURCE: Daily Times Exports of food products from Pakistan to China were close to $1 billion in 2022, Gwadar Pro reported on Wednesday. “In recent years, China has become the largest market for export of food products from Pakistan. We look forward to the increased presence of Pakistani mangoes inContinue Reading
SOURCE: Sumaira FH, Urdupoint The agriculture experts advised the farmers of mango orchards to take immediately necessary measures to save their manage plants from severe cold as it could affect the plants badly during winter. A spokesman of Agriculture (Extension) Department said here on Tuesday that cold was injurious toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Zulfiqar Kunbhar, The Third Pole Massive monsoon flooding has followed a severe drought in Pakistan’s Sindh province, with experts saying that climate change is making farming ‘more challenging every passing day’ The majority of Pakistan’s second-most populous and agriculture-dependent province of Sindh was declared “calamity-hit” on 23 August. WithContinue Reading
SOURCE: Arab News Mango farmers in Pakistan say production of the prized fruit has fallen by up to 40 percent in some areas because of high temperatures and water shortages in a country identified as one of the most vulnerable to climate change. The arrival of mango season in PakistanContinue Reading
SOURCE: Pakistan Observer China-Pak mango cooperation will give impetus to king of fruit industry, according to a report published by China Economic Net (CEN) on Sunday. There is a dire need for joint ventures with China for establishing quality enhancement centres, fruit processing units, dehydration plants, drip irrigation and coldContinue Reading
SOURCE: Anadolu, Global Village Space Until April, farmers in Pakistan’s famed mango-producing district were expecting a bumper harvest of the succulent, yellow fruit which makes a sizeable share of the country’s exports. However, their dreams of raking in big profits were shattered by an unusual spike in temperatures coupled withContinue Reading
The joint extensive efforts by All Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association (PFVA), Department of Plant Production (DPP) serving under the Federal Ministry of National Food Security and Research and Ministry of Commerce, have paved the way for Pakistan’s huge revenue generation from the important international market of Kenya inContinue Reading
SOURCE: Zulfiqar Kunbhar, Arab News HYDERABAD, Sindh: Scientists in Pakistan’s southeast Sindh province have begun extracting fiber from banana waste in what textile industry stakeholders and farmers hope could become an alternative to cotton. Banana fiber is one of the strongest natural fibers. Biodegradable and similar to bamboo fiber, itContinue Reading
SOURCE: Daily Times For the first time, Pakistan Customs has processed a consignment of export of fresh mangoes (White Chaunsa) from Pakistan to Russia under the Convention on Transports Internationaux Routiers (TIR), or International Road Transports. According to a press statement issued by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) onContinue Reading
SOURCE: Daily Times As mango season has started, producers of the fruit are ready to export the product to the international market with a special focus on the Iranian market for being a close neighbor of the country. Pakistan is the fourth largest mango producer in the world and theContinue Reading
The output of guava orchards has been severely affected by mealybug insects due to which growers are suffering losses amounting to 60-70% in and around Larkana district, said Sindh Chamber of Agriculture President Sirajul Oliya Rashdi. “Pesticides used for killing other insects are being used by the growers to eliminateContinue Reading
SOURCE: Emanuela Fontana, Freshplaza Banana fruits infected with rot disease were collected from the local market of Lahore, Pakistan. The observed symptoms were dry, decayed, sunken lesions with dark grey to greenish in color, damaging quality of the fruit. Scientists at University of the Punjab (Lahore, Pakistan) have isolated theContinue Reading