World's biggest population looks towards Pakistan for food.

[BHarwana]

CPEC the new silk road which once served to provide world the soft touch of silk might now serve to provide China with agricultural imports.

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[BHarwana]

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[Maxpane]

thats a relief

 

[shah_123]

all will go down the drain if this stupid govt doesn't find a way to control inflation --- cost of cultivation is becoming unbearable for the small farmers.

 

[randomradio]

In other words, China will be taking control over agricultural lands in Pakistan.

 

[BHarwana]

all will go down the drain if this stupid govt doesn't find a way to control inflation --- cost of cultivation is becoming unbearable for the small farmers.

If price of crop goes up farmers have no problem with inflation.

 

[hussain0216]

In other words, China will be taking control over agricultural lands in Pakistan.

As long as we dont see any hindus or indians we are happy to work with anyone in the world

 

[313ghazi]

We must be careful. No foreign owned farms, no leasing of farm land, no foreign workers on the farms.

Farming is the easiest industry for us to expand. The idiots in government should use state land to make state owned farms and hire farmers on a salary to make produce. These farms should be managed by people with qualifications in horticulture, agriculture and ecology.

 

[shah_123]

If price of crop goes up farmers have no problem with inflation.

you very well know that comparatively, prices of crops don't go up --- met few farmers last week, say won't grow wheat anymore, they all sowed canola/raya this time.

 

[BHarwana]

you very well know that comparatively, prices of crops don't go up --- met few farmers last week, say won't grow wheat anymore, they all sowed canola/raya this time.

Because canola/raya is giving more money. Wheat gives least amount of money but still it is profitable because it has least amount of expense. But still selling and caring for canola/raya is more difficult than wheat.

For China we need to focus on cultivating Soya beans in barani cultivation like we do with chickpeas.

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

For this, China needs to finance Bhasha Dam first. We need plenty of water for agriculture on a mass scale and we can use Chinese hybrid seeds for the crops dedicated for export to China only.

 

[randomradio]

We must be careful. No foreign owned farms, no leasing of farm land, no foreign workers on the farms.

Farming is the easiest industry for us to expand. The idiots in government should use state land to make state owned farms and hire farmers on a salary to make produce. These farms should be managed by people with qualifications in horticulture, agriculture and ecology.

CPEC will see the Chinese leasing Pakistani farmlands.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1333101
For instance, thousands of acres of agricultural land will be leased out to Chinese enterprises to set up “demonstration projects” in areas ranging from seed varieties to irrigation technology.

And giving away farms to other countries has been going on for quite some time.
http://www.cadtm.org/Pakistan-starts-privatization-of

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/saudi-arabia-in-talks-to-lease-pak-farmland.32895/

 

[shah_123]

Because canola/raya is giving more money. Wheat gives least amount of money but still it is profitable because it has least amount of expense. But still selling and caring for canola/raya is more difficult than wheat.

For China we need to focus on cultivating Soya beans in barani cultivation like we do with chickpeas.

yesterday visited a village in district Toba tek Singh, this is what i saw, cotton crop destroyed -- felt sorry for the farmers, they say this is happening for the last three seasons. --- Can you guide me what has is happening here?

 

[Indus Pakistan]

CPEC will see the Chinese leasing Pakistani farmlands.

This is the best way forward. Pakistan agriculture is still primitive after 70 years of independence and is a national shame. Even India has higher productivity. What we need to do is lease out say 2.5% of land in various districts of Pakistan to Chinese agri-business concerns. Then we need a system where all other farmers can look at and copy the best practices that these Chinese agri-businesses bring in. This should serve to first introduce modern technology and trade linkages with Chinese market. This could be a great example of finding a niche in the global tradimg order. With a market of 1.4 billion in China we could not go wrong.

 

[BHarwana]

yesterday visited a village in district Toba tek Singh, this is what i saw, cotton crop destroyed -- felt sorry for the farmers, they say this is happening for the last three seasons. --- Can you guide me what has is happening here?

First of all toba has scarcity of water and agriculture is done from irrigation rather than underground water. As most of the underground water in toba is bitter. So cotton is good as it requires less water.

Now what has happened to the crop?
I cannot tell you from here what is the actual problem but looking at the crop in the pic the growth of plant is not high so the yield will be less. The disease which attacked this crop did it on early stage. The color of leaves indicate of disease but fruit is full so there was a attack of sfaid makhi and a disease but the actual problem was the seed. The seed used was not good. Plus rains did some damage in early stage.