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Back to News PortalMinister stresses public-private tie-up in agriculture
LAHORE: There is a need to promote public-private partnership in agriculture and the government is committed to improving ease of doing business and p...
Pak Rupee firms up 2 paisa against dollar in interbank
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee on Tuesday further appreciated against the U.S. dollar in the interbank market by two paisa, and hit Rs155.25. Yesterday,...
Russian wheat prices up with rising export, domestic demand
Russia exported 20.3 million tonnes of grain, including 17.8 million tonnes of wheat.The world's largest wheat exporter, have finished sowing winter g...
Wheat near 5-month high on supply woes; soybeans rebound
Chicago wheat futures on Monday traded near last session's five-month highs, with the marketsupported by concerns over tightening supplies and short-c...
Global sustainable cotton challenge launched
GENEVA - Prize money of €135,000 (US$149,000) is being offered in a new global challenge to find innovative ways to improve sustainable cotton farming...
Slow trading on cotton market
KARACHI: Cotton prices remained under pressure on Monday as demand from textile spinners slowed down owing to shortage of liquidity and poor availabil...
PepsiCo to expand sustainable farming programme
As part of PepsiCo’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, the company organized the “Sustainable Farming Program Road Show” to promote sustainable fa...
S&P Global Platts expanding India presence; focus on agriculture to go up
S&P Global Platts, acquired Live Rice Index (LRI), a global provider of information and benchmark price assessments for the rice industry, earlier...
2nd phase of China-Pakistan free trade deal in effect
The second phase of the China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement came into effect as of Sunday, officials said on Monday.The new phase will allow the Pakis...
LCCI for single digit markup
LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry has urged the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to bring down the markup rate to single digit in the...