Tag: farmers
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Vegetable shortage crisis: Export surge could spell trouble for farmers
Businessmen involved in the agricultural sector managed to boost vegetable exports by 11.5 per cent in the first quarter of the fiscal year. This comes at a time when seasonal rains have left vegetable fields devastated nationwide – especially in Sindh. The consequence of mass exports and heavy rainfalls has caused major shortages in the…
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Farmer slams Dr. Qaiser for targeting watermelons
Dr. Affan Qaiser, a doctor from Multan is known on social media for videos that are usually part social commentary and many times, factually incorrect. In his latest video, he raised the issue of “adulterated watermelons” i.e. injecting watermelons with chemicals in order to give them the red colour that consumers accept as a sign…
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World Bank approves $1.69 billion financing for flood-hit Sindh
The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank approved funding for five projects totaling $1.692 billion on Tuesday in order to support those residing in Sindh, Pakistan’s flood-affected areas.
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No food for chickens: Massive increase in chicken, egg prices expected
Due to the widespread shortage of poultry feed, poultry farmers and traders are worried that the supply of chicken and eggs may run out in a month. At an urgent press conference held at the Karachi Press Club, Chaudhry Ashraf, the central chairman of the Pakistan Poultry Association, former chairman Ghulam Khaliq, Sindh-Balochistan zone chairman…
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World Bank to provide Pakistan $22.2 million in financial support for flood-affected farmers
In an attempt to help Pakistan’s flood-affected farmers, the World Bank will provide financial support of $22.2 million. A delegation led by the World Bank’s South Asia Regional Director for Sustainable Development, John A Roome, met with the Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Tariq Bashir Cheema. The discussion at the meeting focused…
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Gang caught running fake IPL to scam Russian gamblers
In a betting fraud similar to the 1973 movie The Sting, a gang staged a phony “Indian Premier League” competition with farmers serving as the participants. Before Indian police broke the scheme, the so-called “Indian Premier Cricket League” advanced to the quarterfinal round. Police claim that the tournament started three weeks after the original IPL…
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‘Mouse plague’ in Australia: Mice crawl into beds and bite residents
Farmers in Australia are facing several problems due to a severe mice plague in the country. They allegedly have to put the legs of their beds in buckets of water to stop the mice from biting them while they are asleep. Millions of mice are running riot in the eastern part of the country and are causing…
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Republic Day: Thousands of protesting farmers converge on Indian capital in convoy of tractors
In a high-profile protest against controversial agricultural reforms, tens of thousands of farmers drove a convoy of tractors festooned with brightly-coloured flags through the outskirts of India’s capital of New Delhi on the country’s Republic Day. Growers, angry at what they see as laws that help large, private buyers at the expense of producers, have…
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Jawad Ahmad says Pakistan also needs a farmers’ movement
Jawad Ahmad has expressed that Pakistan also needs a farmers’ movement like the one happening in India. Speaking to the Times of India about his new song Kisana, the singer-turned-politician compared the conditions of farmers in India and Pakistan saying: “The third-world economies are still largely based on primitive methods and tools of agriculture and…
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‘Angry’ over a family dispute, farmer wills half his property to pet dog
A 50-year-old farmer in India, Om Narayan Verma has named his second wife Champa Bai and pet dog Jacky as the heirs of the ancestral property after his death as he was troubled by a sustained family dispute. The farmer’s will states that he loves Champa Bai and Jacky as they are the only ones…