Rains prove boon for some crops, bane for others
July 21, 2021
KARACHI: Recent rains may have benefited other crops but have partially damaged date palm crop by the time of harvest, growers said on Tuesday.
“Recent rains were good for vegetables crops and others including cotton, paddy and sugarcane,” said Mehmood Nawaz Shah, senior vice president Sindh Abadgar Board, talking to The News.
He said the province was facing acute irrigation water shortage and water level was down in the Indus River till last week. “This monsoon spell has somewhat offset the water shortage,” Shah added
He said although the price of cotton was affected by a few hundred rupees per maund, the plants had gained from the froms. “Leaves were cleaned in rain, which also removed the pests,” he said adding, “Overall, the rains proved a boon for cotton”.
KARACHI: Date exports declined to an alarming level in the last two years as lower prices are discouraging growers, a provincial minister said on Monday.Sindh Minister for Agriculture Ismail Rahu.
Sindh farmers forced to sell wheat harvests to middlemen at lower rates as govt delays procurement
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File photo of wheat growers in the field.
The majority of wheat growers in Sindh have been forced to sell their harvests to middlemen at lower rates.
This happened due to a delay in procurement from the Sindh government.
On the other hand, the Sindh agriculture minister says 12 procurement centres were established in Badin district.
KARACHI: The provincial government couldn’t begin the procurement drive on time, forcing majority of the wheat growers in Sindh to sell their harvests to middlemen at lower rates,
Wheat growers in middleman trap as Sindh drags feet on procurement
Business
April 23, 2021
KARACHI: Majority of wheat growers in Sindh were forced to sell their harvests to middlemen at lower rates as the provincial government couldn’t begin procurement drive on time, it was learnt on Thursday.
Wheat grower Nisar Khaskheli told The News that usually procurement drive by Sindh Food Department stabilises prices in the market. However, this year only 30 percent growers have wheat with them while others had already sold it to middlemen or investors at lower rates than the support price of Rs2,000 per 40kg.
Compared to the federal government that was giving price of Rs1,800 per 40kg, the provincial government’s rate was higher. However, the growers sold their crop to investors at around Rs1,850 to Rs1,900, as the provincial government was again late in procurement, according to Khaskheli.