On the direction of Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif, sustainable measures have been taken for the first time to increase production of tomatoes and onions in Punjab. Under this project, ...

The Punjab Agriculture Department has evolved a three-year multi-pronged "vegetable enhancement" plan costing Rs 410.87 million. Sources in the Agriculture Department told Business Recorder on Sunday ...

Kuljit Singh, 43, who owns eight acres in Fatehgarh Channa village of Sangrur but has not burnt stubble since 2018. Instead, ...

Syngenta Pakistan has launched a Rs 50 million initiative to help flood-affected farmers restore their livelihoods in Multan and Sahiwal ...

Trend of cases hitting dead end, or settled with nominal fines, yet stubble burning is seeing a decline; what's happening?

LAHORE: The Punjab government has set the wheat cultivation target in the province at 16.5 million acres, while ...

STORY: Raging farm fires have become a common sight in northern India as farmers burn crop waste to clear their fields and prepare them for the next crop sowing. Smoke billows out of the fields, ...

Punjab's fertile farmlands, once abundant with the golden fragrance of ripe crops, now present a scene of devastation after the recent floods.According to the Punjab Disaster Management Authority ...

Punjab reported about 70% fewer farm fire incidents in 2024 than in 2023, yet the total area scorched (burnt) by these fires expanded year-on-year, leading to questions over the accuracy of the data.

Bathinda: Five new FIRs over incidents of stubble burning were registered in Punjab on Sunday, as the state recorded eight farm fires during the day. In all, the number of farm fire cases reported in ...

The sharp drop comes amid delayed paddy harvest as rains lashed the state until first week of October. Punjab recorded 415 farm fire incidents between September 15 and October 21 this year, down from ...

WASHINGTON, December 15, 2017– The World Bank today approved $300 million to modernize agriculture in Punjab province, Pakistan to raise farmers’ incomes, give consumers better quality and safer food ...