The surge in the
oilseed and grain seed market is attributed to the rise in the population globally.
"2018 was certainly a case of tighter margins for grains and
oilseeds and pulses, and we're still heading in that direction," says J.P.
'By promoting
oilseed crops and by subsidising the sector, only Sindh can help reduce the country's annual import bill of $3 billion by $1 billion,' claimed Nabi Bux Sathio, the senior vice president of the SCA, at the chamber's meeting.
The meeting, which was presided over by SCA senior vice president Nabi Bux Sathio, observed that with the cultivation of
oilseed crops on 200,000 acres Pakistan could earn Rs100bn and meet the production target of edible oil.
The country's dependency on
oilseed imports was 94 percent in 2015, when the administration started a plan to boost the cultivation of the product.
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The owner of an American Falls
oilseeds supplier said he's been significantly expanding his foreign markets recently, creating new opportunities for local farmers to diversify their crop rotations.
On the other hand, the unabated imports has resulted reduced
oilseed production by 2.5 lakh tonnes in the last few years.
5 lakh tons to 31 lakh tons over the last five years because it suits an influential lobby which is a drain on the forex reserves.The PEW president said that the unabated imports have discouraged farmers of
oilseed resulting in a reduction of 2.
Nurhan Dunford, FAPC oil and
oilseed specialist and professor in the OSU Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, will be recognized May 6 at the 2018 AOCS Annual Meeting and Expo in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
India's government is facing mounting pressure to raise import duties on edible oils after farmers staged mass protests in key farm states amid a slump in
oilseed prices to below government support levels.
The event, which takes place on February 3, is aimed at cereals and
oilseed growers.
MULTAN -- Agriculture experts have underlined the need for increasing area under traditional
oilseed crops' cultivation to bring self sufficiency in edible oil production and reduce country's annual edible oil import bill.