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Corporate farming to attract Rs100 billion investment in agriculture sector

President Kissan Ittehad Khalid Mehmood Khokhar Wednesday said that corporate farming will attract about Rs100 billion investment in the agriculture sector within three years and help to achieve self-sufficiency in staple food crop production, besides attaining food safety and security in the country. Addressing a press conference, he dismissed all the misconceptions being created by […]

Farmers continue Sathyagraha to irrigate rice fields

It’s been 12 days since the rice farmers from Embilipitiya launched a Sathyagraha campaign demanding water for their rice fields. The satyagraha is continuing as the demands of the farmers to release water from the Samanala Wewa to the Udawalawa Reservoir have not been met. Farmers have stressed that they would not abandon their cause […]

Volatile global market could help rice producers

Weather conditions continue to impact Texas rice yield and quality. But a volatile market may prove helpful. Read more about rice production this year and the state’s latest crop and weather report. Texas rice farmers are seeing mixed quality and quantity yields due to extreme heat, but the decision by India to ban exports could […]