ISLAMABAD: The production of all major crops witnessed significant increase during the last three years of the present government, according to the “Three Years Performance Report 2018/21”, launched by the government on Thursday. The government’s special emphasis on agriculture sector resulted in an increase in the production of all major crops, and the government introduced … Read more
Sindh Agriculture Minister Ismail Rahoo said that six employees of the department lost their lives during the spray campaign in different areas after a locusts attack on crops in the province. In his statement, Ismail Rahoo said that the employees had fainted during the spray campaign and were rushed to the hospital. He said that … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said that desert locusts have started breeding in the desert areas of Tharparkar, Nara and Cholistan, their reproduction is increased by the end of this month. A new report on locust swarms in northern Somalia suggests that migration from Somalia across the Indian Ocean to … Read more
The Ministry of Food Safety and Research has announced that locusts will be converted into bio-compost Organic Fertilizers. According to the Ministry of Food Security and Research, locust based organic fertilizers will contain 9% nitrogen and 7% phosphorus. Professionals, experts and civil society will also participate in compost processing. The statement said that standard fertilizers … Read more
Federal Minister for Food Security Fakhr Imam sid more locust attacks are feared from Oman, Iran and Africa. Briefing at the National Locust Control Center (NLCC) Rawalpindi, Fakhr Imam said that the locust attacks has been brought under control in the country. The federal minister said that for the first time since 1992, Pakistan has … Read more
Locust infestation is a bigger economic threat than Coronavirus to Pakistan, said the American magazine Bloomberg in its report. Bloomberg said in a report that agriculture is the second largest sector of the Pakistani economy, accounting for 20% of the country’s gross domestic product and half of the country’s workforce is engaged in this sector. … Read more
Locusts Update: The National Locust Control Center (NLCC) has announced that the affected 5,245 sq km area of 46 districts of the country has been cleared from locusts. According to the details, during the last 24 hours in Punjab, operations were carried out on 71 hectares of land in Mianwali and Dera Ghazi Khan districts … Read more
Supreme Court was told that the entire country would be under serious threat of locust invasion if this menace not controlled properly. According to the details, the Punjab government informed the Supreme Court that an area of 300,000 square kilometers, roughly 37 percent of the country’s total area, is vulnerable to the desert locust. Sixty … Read more
As Pakistan may be on verge of losing billions worth of agricultural crops in the summer season due to locust attack, about 500,000 hectares sprayed during ongoing locust control operations. National Locust Control Center (NLCC) released the details. According to NLCC The joint teams formed to control and mitigate the locust attack had conducted survey … Read more
The earlier couple of days, locust attack has grown to critical interest for the primary portion of the north India region. Uncertainty of loss appears high over the country’s crop production. Moving up by attempting to restrain the measure of the crop-damaging locust swarms, the Union Agriculture Ministry stated 15 sprayers will be obtained from … Read more
Chairman NDMA Lt. Gen. Muhammad Afzal has said that the situation regarding ventilators is under control. There is no truth in the social media reports about Faisalabad. Briefing the media in Islamabad about the situation of coronavirus, he said that 128 people were on ventilators across the country. There are about 4200 ventilators in the … Read more
Measures are being taken to control locust in Punjab under a comprehensive strategy and surveillance of 3.7 million hectares and spray on 133,000 hectares land has been completed so far. This was stated by Chief Secretary Punjab Jawwad Rafique Malik while briefing a meeting of National Locust Control Centre through video-link. Punjab Agriculture Minster Malik … Read more
Locust outbreak in the Malir area of Karachi, residents are anxious by seen such a large number of Locusts. This year, the number of locusts has increased rapidly due to rain and heatwave, while hundreds of acres of standing crop have been feared affected in the locust attack. The farmer has appealed for help from … Read more
