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Farm sector still in the backyard The trickle down affect of the the post-ATC era on farm sector cannot be underestimated for its being the single-largest supllier of raw material to Pakistan's textile sector, Nadeem Saeed analysizes
India has an edge in agriculture In whose favour the balance of trade in agriculture sector will go when the SAFTA would be in place is a difficult question to answer because all SAARC nations primarily have agro-based economies, writes Nadeem Saeed
Agriculture yields high returns Options to embark upon small and medium entrepreneurial ventures in the agriculture sector are innumerable, reports Nadeem Saeed
No one cares for rural people High investment, low returns and fragmentation of land have caused most of rural families to experience falling incomes, reports Nadeem Saeed
Less jobs mean more miseries for rural people The incidence of poverty is alarmingly high in rural areas of Pakistan as majority of the people merely live at the subsistence level, writes Nadeem saeed
Illegal finance companies swindling people Falling interest rates against savings at banks and saving centres have given birth to the mushroom growth of illegal finance companies, reports Nadeem Saeed
WTO: Bleak future for agriculture The treaties which are worrying agriculturists are the Agreement on Agriculture and Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights
Early revival of farm sector crucial The majority of the people affected by the October 8 earthquake were farmers with small landholdings, while rearing livestock was also their occupation, writes Nadeem Saeed
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