Agriculture
- Rabi Crops: Irsa Increases Water Supply By Seven Percent
The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has downgraded projected water shortage for Rabi crops 2013-14 from 15 percent to 7 percent during the months of February and March as water availability in the dams and the rivers has improved considerably.Punjab...
- Wheat Sowing Over 85 Percent Area Completed In Punjab
Wheat sowing over 14 million acres has been completed in Punjab which is 85 percent of the targeted 16 million acres to produce 19 million tons of wheat during 2013-14 Rabi season, Director General Agriculture Extension Services Dr Anjum Ali told Business...
- Kbp Appoints New Divisional, District Presidents
Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) has appointed Chaudhry Mahfooz Aslam Dhillon as Divisional President Faisalabad and Tayyab Khan Baloch as President Sahiwal Division besides appointing district presidents in a bid to reorganise its body for Punjab (West). According...
- Warnings For Sindh: Spectre Of Floods Raised
August 19, 2013 As the Sindh province is braced for the fury of more than 0.6 million cusecs of water tomorrow (Tuesday), super floods in rivers Indus, Chenab and Sutlej are wreaking the south western districts of Bhakkar, Layyah, Muzaffar-garh, Multan,...
- Army Worm, Aphid Attack: Experts Warn Cotton Growers
Friday, July 19, 2013 Punjab Agriculture Department has warned the growers on Thursday that chances of attack of army worm and aphid on cotton crop have increased due to recent rains. Agricultural experts said that growers can save their crops from damages...
Agriculture
Growers urged to complete sunflower sowing
Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) has warned the growers to immediately complete sunflower sowing as further delay will result in lower per acre yield. A spokesman of the Department said here on Monday that best time for spring plantation of sunflower in Southern Punjab including Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan Division is till February 10. 
While in Sahiwal, Faisalabad and Sargodha Division best time for sowing is till February 15 and for Lahore, Gujranwala and Rawalpindi Division the suitable time is till end of February. He further stated that the growers should adopt latest technology to get maximum per acre production.
Source: Business Recorder
- Rabi Crops: Irsa Increases Water Supply By Seven Percent
The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) has downgraded projected water shortage for Rabi crops 2013-14 from 15 percent to 7 percent during the months of February and March as water availability in the dams and the rivers has improved considerably.Punjab...
- Wheat Sowing Over 85 Percent Area Completed In Punjab
Wheat sowing over 14 million acres has been completed in Punjab which is 85 percent of the targeted 16 million acres to produce 19 million tons of wheat during 2013-14 Rabi season, Director General Agriculture Extension Services Dr Anjum Ali told Business...
- Kbp Appoints New Divisional, District Presidents
Kisan Board Pakistan (KBP) has appointed Chaudhry Mahfooz Aslam Dhillon as Divisional President Faisalabad and Tayyab Khan Baloch as President Sahiwal Division besides appointing district presidents in a bid to reorganise its body for Punjab (West). According...
- Warnings For Sindh: Spectre Of Floods Raised
August 19, 2013 As the Sindh province is braced for the fury of more than 0.6 million cusecs of water tomorrow (Tuesday), super floods in rivers Indus, Chenab and Sutlej are wreaking the south western districts of Bhakkar, Layyah, Muzaffar-garh, Multan,...
- Army Worm, Aphid Attack: Experts Warn Cotton Growers
Friday, July 19, 2013 Punjab Agriculture Department has warned the growers on Thursday that chances of attack of army worm and aphid on cotton crop have increased due to recent rains. Agricultural experts said that growers can save their crops from damages...