Category Livestock Industry

ORGANIC LIVESTOCK FARMING IS ROAD TO QUALITY FOOD

AGRICULTURE SECTOR continues to play a central role in Pakistan’s economy accounting for over 21% of GDP and remains by far the largest employer, absorbing 45% of the country’s total labor force. In agriculture, livestock sector contributes approximately 53.2% of…

Onion: dynamics of price volatility

ONION prices have skyrocketed before Eid-ul-Azha in anticipation of high demand and also owing to export orders from India. And this has happened at a time when local production is not as robust as it was in May-June. Till September…

Meat sector poised to grow

The meat processing sector, which has been doing reasonably well for some years, is set to grow faster after the four-year tax holiday granted for new entrants. The meat processing facilities, which come up by December this year, and obtain…

Online sales of sacrificial animals

MONEY is flowing fast into the sacrificial animals business, while the growing use of online marketing continues to reshape the market dynamics. But investors who had spent billions of rupees in advanced booking of animals are not sure if their…