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	<title>Pakistan Times! &#187; Agriculture in Pakistan</title>
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		<title>Bridging &#8216;research-policy-practice&#8217; gap must for sustainable development  &#8211; SDPI moot</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/12/16/bridging-research-policy-practice-gap-must-for-sustainable-development-sdpi-moot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/12/16/bridging-research-policy-practice-gap-must-for-sustainable-development-sdpi-moot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saleem Shaikh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[South Asian Affairs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD, Dec16: There is an urgent need of collaboration among academicians and researchers in order to determine actionable and creative research agenda for socio-economic growth of Pakistan and make the development more durable, said Dr ...]]></description>
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		<title>Hindu Kush-Himalaya &#8216;vulnerable&#8217; to climate change &#8211; Study</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/12/05/hindu-kush-himalaya-vulnerable-to-climate-change-study/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/12/05/hindu-kush-himalaya-vulnerable-to-climate-change-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saleem Shaikh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Durban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glacier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hindu Kush-Himalaya. Climate Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, December 4: Findings from the  most comprehensive assessment to date on climate change, snow and glacier melt  in Asia’s mountainous Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region—site of Mount Everest  and many ...]]></description>
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		<title>‘Bhitaro and Kaloi’ UCs of Tharparkar suffered losses worth Rs3.54 bln: AWARE survey</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/09/06/%e2%80%98bhitaro-and-kaloi%e2%80%99-ucs-of-tharparkar-suffered-losses-worth-rs3-54-bln-aware-survey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/09/06/%e2%80%98bhitaro-and-kaloi%e2%80%99-ucs-of-tharparkar-suffered-losses-worth-rs3-54-bln-aware-survey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saleem Shaikh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AWARE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chachro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Livestock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rahimo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sindh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tharparkar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Umerkot]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pak-times.com/?p=16588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CHACHRO/UMERKOT: The current wave of the devastating torrential monsoon rains in Tharparkar district has emerged to be the worst human catastrophe in the desert’s history, rendering hundreds of thousands Tharis displaced and has swept away ...]]></description>
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		<title>Land reforms inevitable for agricultural growth, says Sharmila Farooqui</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/07/07/land-reforms-inevitable-for-agricultural-growth-says-sharmila-farooqui/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/07/07/land-reforms-inevitable-for-agricultural-growth-says-sharmila-farooqui/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saleem Shaikh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate farming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party leader Sharmila Farooqui said that his party is very much committed to land reforms in the country and empowerment of small farmers, who account for lion’s share in country’s overall agriculture ...]]></description>
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		<title>Landlessness, farmers’ exploitation, rising food prices push more farmers into poverty trap: Oxfam</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/06/01/landlessness-farmers-exploitation-rising-food-prices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/06/01/landlessness-farmers-exploitation-rising-food-prices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saleem Shaikh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gender issues in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGOs in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OXFAM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pak-times.com/?p=15191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Islamabad: Around 250 farmers from different parts of the country, with the support of Pakistani NGOs and the international aid agency, Oxfam today launched a ‘Farmers’ Charter of Demands’. The wish list calls upon the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Over five million tons of wheat procured</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/06/01/over-five-million-tons-of-wheat-procured/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/06/01/over-five-million-tons-of-wheat-procured/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mian Ahsan Liaqat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wheat crisis]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pak-times.com/?p=15180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: PASSCO and the provincial food departments has procured 84.37 percent wheat of the target set for  2010-11, official sources said. In total 5,543,315 tons were procured till date while the procurement target set ...]]></description>
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		<title>Apricot-Temperate Gold of Northern Area of Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/05/22/apricot-temperate-gold-of-northern-area-of-pakistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/05/22/apricot-temperate-gold-of-northern-area-of-pakistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 15:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agha Muhammad Ajmal</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foods & cuisines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apricot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food shortages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gilgit - Baltistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pak-times.com/?p=14741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Northern Areas of Pakistan, defined in general terms, cover the districts of Gilgit, Diamer, Ghizer, Ghanche and Skardu. Nature has endowed the area with high peaks and large glaciers concentrated in a relatively small ...]]></description>
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		<title>Impact of shrinking water resources on agriculture sector in Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/04/05/impact-of-shrinking-water-resources-on-agriculture-in-pakistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/04/05/impact-of-shrinking-water-resources-on-agriculture-in-pakistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rubab Saleem</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pak Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pak-times.com/?p=14540</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The decrease of water resources in Pakistan has been a major concern for over a decade. Multiple global and local organizations such as the UN, IUCN and the Pakistani Government have been studying and strategizing ...]]></description>
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		<title>Agricultural scientists are asked to gear up research efforts</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/02/15/president-calls-upon-agricultural-scientists-for-gearing-up-research-efforts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/02/15/president-calls-upon-agricultural-scientists-for-gearing-up-research-efforts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noreen Gill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research & Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hybrid cotton development program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan Agriculture Research Council]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pak-times.com/?p=14118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has called upon agricultural scientists to gear up their research efforts to produce high yielding, disease resistant and water conserving seeds of country’s major crops. This he said during a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan slides from ‘Water happy’ to ‘Water deficit’ country-PEW</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/01/17/pakistan-slides-from-water-happy-to-water-deficit-country-pew/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2011/01/17/pakistan-slides-from-water-happy-to-water-deficit-country-pew/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Haroon Akram Gill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pak Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water and Power Ministry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water crisis in Pakistan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pak-times.com/?p=12916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ Pakistan agriculture sector under threat and can lead to food insecurity
Water shortage will increase to 108 maf by 2013 and 151 maf by 2025 from the existing 40 maf shortfall
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is rapidly marching ...]]></description>
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		<title>Pakistan’s farm credit disbursement falls to Rs41bn</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2010/12/18/pakistan-farm-credit-disbursement-falls-to-rs41bn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2010/12/18/pakistan-farm-credit-disbursement-falls-to-rs41bn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mubashar Nizam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Bank of Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has said that the disbursement of agriculture credit fell to Rs41.6 billion during the first quarter of FY11 [fiscal year 2010-11] from Rs44.1 billion in the corresponding period ...]]></description>
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		<title>Growers under serious threat of neo-colonialism</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2009/05/17/growers-under-serious-threat-of-neo-colonialism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2009/05/17/growers-under-serious-threat-of-neo-colonialism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 08:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mian Ahsan Liaqat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colonial expansion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pak-times.com/?p=10158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Agriculture, the biggest sector of the economy, is under serious threat as gradual sale and lease of large patches of lands to foreigners is been carried out in a very quick and secretive manner, the ...]]></description>
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		<title>First ever Agriculture TV among 5 licenses for satellite TV channels granted</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2009/05/08/first-ever-agriculture-tv-among-5-licenses-for-satellite-tv-channels-granted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2009/05/08/first-ever-agriculture-tv-among-5-licenses-for-satellite-tv-channels-granted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 12:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noreen Gill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mass Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PEMRA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pak-times.com/?p=9852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: The 53rd Authority meeting of PEMRA Friday granted five (05) licenses for satellite TV channels which includes first ever satellite TV channel targeting Agriculture sector in Pakistan. The Authority also approved the licensing regime ...]]></description>
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		<title>Increasing bilateral trade to $300 m is my mission: Dr Saleh Ahmed</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2009/03/31/increasing-bilateral-trade-to-300-m-is-my-mission-dr-saleh-ahmed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2009/03/31/increasing-bilateral-trade-to-300-m-is-my-mission-dr-saleh-ahmed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mian Ahsan Liaqat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Free Trade Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jordan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Islamabad: Ambassador of Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Pakistan Dr Saleh Ahmed Al-Jawarneh on Tuesday said people of Pakistan have been gifted with special abilities and they can transform country into a great economic power.
Pakistanis ...]]></description>
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		<title>Mian Shaukat for enhancing dairy products exports</title>
		<link>http://www.pak-times.com/2009/03/08/mian-shaukat-for-enhancing-dairy-products-exports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pak-times.com/2009/03/08/mian-shaukat-for-enhancing-dairy-products-exports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mian Ahsan Liaqat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics & Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture in Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamabad]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Mian Shaukat Masud has said that the exports of dairy products were negligible as milk production is the least commercialized enterprise in our agriculture sector.
In a meeting ...]]></description>
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