the high cost of crop production, which has increased manifold in recent years due to rising prices

widespread use of high-yielding seed varieties. Similarly, production of paddy crop is estimated at a record

the year end, further tilting the foreign trade balance against Pakistan. Cotton crop was blatantly

for many reasons.... Crop size is uncertain, at least so far, and would force every buyer into a

A former tehsil of Gujranwala, Hafizabad district spans over 2, 367sqkms and is located 109km away from Lahore.... Tube-wells are a major source of irrigation, while a minor chunk of land is watered by the Lower Chenab canal.... Owing to the proximity of hills, there is more rainfall in the east than in the west part of the district. Folk tales say Hafizabad town, the district headquarters, had been built by Mughal Emperor Akbar’s advisor Hafiz Meerak, on a request from Faqir Sarmast....

“ In some cases, investors were short risk and demand for high beta stuff has been particularly

also be used for crop forecasting and disease monitoring, ” Topp told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

from 80 fungal and oomycete, or fungal-like, pathogens will increase at high latitudes as

NEW DELHI— An unusually early, record-shattering heat wave in India has reduced wheat yields

TOKYO: Asia's share markets fell on Wednesday as U.S. Treasury yields hit fresh two-year highs and