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Promoting Investment and Farmer Participation in Pakistan’s eWHR Regime

Download Private Silo Warehousing Feasibility Study Key to the success of the eWHR regime is widespread investment in near farm storages and agri warehouses which will participate in the regime. All of the facilities which have applied to Naymat for accreditation to date are mills given that the majority of Pakistan’s silo capacity lies within […]

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Farm Machinery Service Provider Model

Rice accounts for nearly ten percent of Pakistan’s exports. Out of Pakistan’s exports of $23.2 billion in FY18, rice exports were $2 billion. Yet our rice yields are below global average at 39 maunds per acre. Therefore, improving farm productivity and cutting post-harvest losses (15-20%) present an opportunity for significantly increasing rice exports over the

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Agri-collateral management pilot through e-warehouse receipts

Farmers’ access to formal sector credit is highly constrained and they are mostly stuck with lenders from the informal sector who charge exorbitant interest rates. A key reason for constrained agri-lending is the use of farmers’ land as collateral by banks. PAC has successfully piloted a business model for lending against crop (not land) as

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Satellite Based Crop Estimation: Red Chilli in District Umerkot, Sindh and Adjoining Areas

The incomplete, unreliable, untimely and often scattered data about a crop’s area, yield and production have been a limiting factor in documenting and, subsequently, improving agricultural productivity. This results in losses at various levels, from farmers suffering as they are forced to sell their crop at prices based on speculation to larger players such as

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Broadening Knowledge Base: BBA Agriculture degree program

In early 2014, PAC brought about a collaboration between University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF), Faisalabad and Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Sukkur to develop a 4-year BBA Agribusiness program that provides technical skills and business development and management training to students. The participating institutions, which offer industry-specific trainings and internships to the students include HBL,

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Market Access for Farmers: Electronic Trading platform

Pakistan’s current wholesale markets inadequately serve those who are interested in high-quality produce grown to specifications. The quality of the product is not preserved as the traditional markets lack the appropriate infrastructure and expertise. Non-transparent pricing is the norm because of the concentration of market power among certain intermediaries. The market mechanism does not reward

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First loans to farmers with crop as collateral disbursed

KARACHI: The first-ever loans by a leading Pakistani bank to farmers with crop as collateral have been disbursed in the Muridke area of district Sheikhupura.The loans were disbursed after an effort by the non-profit Pakistan Agricultural Coalition.The bank disbursed loans worth Rs3.7 million against 185 tonnes of wheat to two farmers.The wheat was placed in

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Farm machinery demonstrations held for rice farmers in Thatta and Badin, Sindh

Garibsons Consortium organized two demonstrations, attended by over 400 farmers in Gharo (Thatta) and Golarchi (Badin), to demonstrate their newly imported rice nursery sowing and transplanting machines.Garibsons Consortium led by Garibsons Pvt. Ltd., Conwill Pakistan, RB International and INB along with Jaffer Agro Services Pvt. Ltd., has procured the required machinery and trained personnel to

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The Minister of Agriculture, Supply and Prices of Sindh invites REAP and PAC to present their program of doubling Pakistan’s rice exports

Mr. Safder Mehkri and senior members of Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) along with Mr. Syed Hamid Raza and Mr. Zulfiqar Ali from PAC presented the REAP-PAC program of doubling rice exports by 2023 to the Honorable Minister of Agriculture, Supply and Prices, Sindh.The REAP-PAC program consists of key on-farm interventions such as provision

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President Arif Alvi invites PAC to present on ongoing PAC projects

Mr. Arif Nadeem. Mr. Kazim Saeed, Mr. Raashid Anwar and Mr. Naushad Zuberi from PAC along with some of Pakistan’s leading business leaders were invited by His Excellency, President Arif Alvi at President House to update his Excellency on ongoing PAC projects.President Alvi was greatly impressed to learn about the pioneering work being pursued by

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