WASHINGTON: The World Bank on Monday said it stood ready to help governments respond to a broad-based run-up in grain prices that has again put the world’s poorest people at risk and could have lingering detrimental impacts for years.“We cannot…
Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has requested the government to either exempt local iron ore from 16 percent sales tax or impose a ban or regulatory duty (RD) on its export because its supply to the PSM is declining rapidly because…
The Punjab Agriculture Department has advised farmers of rain-fed areas to store rainwater to meet needs of their crops. A spokesman for the department said on Sunday that it was necessary to save rainwater for cultivation and good produce and…
The government is likely to import 600,000 tons of urea immediately for the remaining Kharif season and Rabi 2012, fearing that urea shortage will trigger hoarding and black marketing, sources close to Deputy Prime Minister told Business Recorder. The sources said…
Along with the loud shouts of Bachit or no Bachit bazaar, the holy month of Ramazan stealthily arrived the other day with hheavy load of God’s blessings World leaders and leading economists with their figures of thinning economy have started…
Syed Zahid Hussain Gardezi, President of Mango Growers Association (MGA), has said that lack of logistic facilities has inflicted financial loses to the mango exporters during the current year. Talking to newsmen here on Sunday Gardezi said, “During the current…
Thailand plans to import 30,000 tonnes of crude palm oil from now to end-August to prevent a shortage of cooking oil as unfavourable weather in recent months has cut domestic supply, a senior Agriculture Ministry official said on Friday. Thailand…
Spot basis bids for corn were mostly steady to lower at processors and elevators in the interior US Midwest on Friday while farmers remained reluctant to book crop sales even as Chicago Board of Trade corn futures rallied, dealers said.…
Federal Secretary Commerce Munir Qureshi, assuring full support to the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) in resolution of its genuine problems, has asked the exporters to look into the potential markets like Iraq and other untapped adjoining countries to…
On Monday, July 23 on the grounds of the U.S. Embassy, Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt hosted a farewell program for 58 Tanzanian students receiving grants to study agriculture, nutrition, and related fields at universities in Tanzania and abroad. The scholarships…
