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Food Security is the accumulative measure of people’s access, affordability and subsequent availability of food throughout the year in a sustainable and stable manner. Being centric to the overall progression of any state, the Vision 2030 by United Nations has …

Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited (FFC) is the leading fertilizer manufacturing & marketing company of the country, with around 4 million tons per annum sales volume and widespread dealers’ network across the country. FFC manufactures & markets its own Sona Urea …

Syed Nadeem Shah, a modern farm owner, says mustard crop can help reduce country’s import bill Sees better prospects in organic vegetables PAKISTAN & GULF ECONOMIST team visited a progressive farm owned by Syed Nadeem Shah in Matiari District near Hyderabad …

Food wastage is the sum of food waste and food lost.It is an astonishing fact that every year around 36 million tons of food is being wasted in Pakistan. This includes food loss during production, post-harvest handling, agro-processing, distribution and …

Pakistan is an agrarian economy, which places great emphasis on national food security and self-sufficiency in grain production. With fast rising population, it has become increasingly important to improve crop yields through improved farm economics and production efficiencies. Although fertilizer …

Present government of Prime Minister Imran Khan has made some policy changes to facilitate new companies in the Exploration & Production sector for getting approval to start drilling activities in potential areas. At present, the country’s total sedimentary area is …

The economy of Pakistan experienced adjustments during fiscal year 2019, which includes — the exchange rate was realigned with the market fundamentals; interest rates were sharply increased; Public Sector Development Expenditure was significantly curtailed and energy prices were raised. These …

In its first full year of rule, PTI government lead by Imran Khan introduced a number of regulatory actions in CY19, mostly to comply with the conditions imposed by International Monetary Fund (IMF) to remove macro imbalances and structural issues …

Prime Minister of Pakistan has recently claimed that economy is back on track and now stabilized, rupee is gaining without any support, main indicators are positive, current account deficit is in control and foreign reserves are increasing. On the other …

Profit of fertilizer manufacturers of Pakistan has declined by 31%YoY to Rs8.6 billion for 3Q2019, primarily due to 1) decrease in gross profit margins, 2) increase in administrative expense up by 33%YoY, and 3) spike in finance cost by 110%YoY. …

Interview with Mr Nadir S. Qureshi – Chief Executive Officer, Engro Fertilizers Limited PAGE: Can you please share as to whether Engro is doing something to improve the productivity of agriculture sector in the country? Nadir S. Qureshi: Engro has been …

According to the analysis recorded by the Ministry of Finance FY2019, fertilizer is the most important (and an expensive) input contributing 30 to 50 percent to crop yield in Pakistan. Its share in cost of production of major crops is …