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Sindh’s increasingly fragile agriculture

Until April last year, Imran Bozdar, a cotton grower from Sanghar, had brought 100 per cent of his land — all 150 acres — under cotton...

06.05.2025 30

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Mohammad Hussain Khan

Mango growers struggle with malformed fruit due to unpredictable weather, water shortages

While mango season begins next month, the crop has survived initial shocks due to climate change-driven variations in weather conditions coupled with...

22.04.2025 30

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Mohammad Hussain Khan

Stressed rivers and drying farmlands

Just after a week, the sowing of Kharif crops will formally begin in Sindh. However, early sowing of cotton crops, a major Kharif cash crop, has...

25.03.2025 10

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‘Inconsistent energy policies hit economy’

HYDERABAD: Pak­istan’s energy sector is being managed by inexperienced and irresponsible individuals, which is leading the country’s economy...

20.03.2025 20

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Work on Sukkur barrage continues to improve irrigation, deter past water disasters

A major part of the ongoing upgrade of the colonial-era Sukkur barrage is set to be completed before this flood season of 2025. It includes...

25.02.2025 80

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Agriculture: Lining the Nara Canal

A 2km stretch of the Nara Canal, the largest channel in Sindh’s irrigation network, has been lined to restore its original parameters, which were...

11.02.2025 60

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Frustrated sugarcane farmers in Sindh lament stalled announcement of price rates, export allowance

The Sindh government has yet to notify the sugarcane’s indicative price for the 2024-25 sugarcane crops. Two back-to-back meetings of the Sindh...

11.11.2024 8

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Mohammad Hussain Khan

CDWP approval of Punjab’s water project irks Sindh

• Planning body okays proposal worth Rs211bn • Shoro says CCI yet to decide on Sindh’s complaint over the plan HYDERABAD: The Sindh government has...

14.10.2024 10

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Mohammad Hussain Khan

Dwindling cotton production

Cotton, one of the country’s major crops, continues to struggle for revival. The cash crop, known as ‘white gold’, is a principal input of...

07.10.2024 4

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Agriculture: Unfulfilled promise of Darwat Dam

Even after a decade, a command area of 25,000 acres of land — preferably for landless women peasants — hasn’t been developed to connect with the...

09.09.2024 4

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Gaps in Sindh’s irrigation system remain unaddressed by authorities

Ever since massive flood-related damages to the drainage infrastructure of the Right Bank Outfall Drain (RBOD) in upper Sindh in 2022, the...

05.08.2024 2

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Mohammad Hussain Khan