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Global food prices reach 18-month high: FAO

PARIS: Global food prices rose in October to their highest level in 18 months, with a sharp increase in the cost of...

Published 09 Nov, 2024 06:36am

Pakistan

SAU in collaboration with FAO installs Flux Tower

HYDERABAD: In a significant step towards enhancing agricultural research and environmental monitoring, a flux tower...

Published 28 Aug, 2024 08:04am

Pakistan

Minister discusses agri collaboration with FAO representative

LAHORE: Punjab Agriculture and Livestock Minister Syed Ashiq Hussain Kirmani met with United Nations Food and...

Published 01 Jun, 2024 06:59am

World

World food prices rebound from 3-year low, says UN agency

PARIS: World food prices rebounded in March from a three-year low, boosted by increases in vegetable oils, meat and...

Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am

World

World food prices rise for first time in 7 months: FAO

PARIS: Global food prices rose in March, the first increase since July, pulled higher by cooking oil prices despite...

Published 05 Apr, 2024 06:32pm

Pakistan

SAU-FAO partnership helps boost farmers' prosperity

HYDERABAD: In collaboration between Sindh Agriculture University (SAU) Tandojam and the Food and Agriculture...

Published 27 Mar, 2024 04:38am

Pakistan

SAU, FAO to install new flux tower at Latif Farm

HYDERABAD: A new Flux Tower is set to be installed at the Latif Farm of Sindh Agriculture University (SAU) Tandojam,...

Published 21 Mar, 2024 06:16am

Markets

World food prices drop for seventh month: FAO

PARIS: World food prices dropped for the seventh month in a row February as falling cereal prices outweighed more...

Published 08 Mar, 2024 06:01pm

Opinion

‘Protecting women farmers’

This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial “Protecting women farmers” carried by the newspaper recently. It ...

Published 07 Mar, 2024 04:59am

Editorials

Protecting women farmers

EDITORIAL: If there was any doubt about the lack of recognition and reward for women’s labour in the country’s...

Published 02 Mar, 2024 04:16am

Pakistan

Living Indus Initiative: UNEP, UN FAO to restore 25m acres of land by 2030

ISLAMABAD: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am

Opinion

Farmers not the principal culprits

There’s a continuous debate that burning of rice crop residue in Punjab is the primary contributor to smog. Every...

Published 20 Dec, 2023 06:00am

Pakistan

World Soil Day observed

LAHORE: The World Soil Day, observed throughout the world on December 05 every year on the call of Food and...

Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am

Business & Finance

US envoy, FAO mark completion of $1.3m farming project

PESHAWAR: US Ambassador Donald A Blome participated in a closing event of a five-year, $1.3 million US ...

Published 29 Nov, 2023 05:09am

World

UN says food system adds $10 trillion in hidden costs

PARIS: The food and agriculture system adds at least $10 trillion in “hidden costs” to the global economy every...

Published 07 Nov, 2023 06:33am

Pakistan

PDA, in collaboration with FAO, commemorates World Food Day

LAHORE: The Pakistan Dairy Association (PDA), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and...

Published 18 Oct, 2023 06:09am

Pakistan

FAO, PepsiCo hold discussion: Importance of water for agri, food security highlighted

PESHAWAR: As part of World Food Day 2023 celebrations, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations...

Published 17 Oct, 2023 06:40am

Pakistan

UN establishes provincial office of FAO at SAU premises

HYDERABAD: The United Nations has established a provincial office of FAO at the premises of Sindh Agriculture...

Published 30 Aug, 2023 03:33am

Pakistan

SAU, FAO agree to join hands to enhance agri output

HYDERABAD: SAU and FAO have agreed to join hands to promote shared progress and advancement in agricultural ...

Published 21 Aug, 2023 07:18am

Pakistan

FAO organises ‘baseline validation workshop’ under USAID-funded project

PESHAWAR: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), under the USAID-funded project...

Published 21 Aug, 2023 06:43am

UN talks seek to fix ‘broken’ food system

In a world of plenty, it is outrageous that people continue to suffer and die from hunger, says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

Updated 25 Jul, 2023 10:07am

Business & Finance

World food prices fall again in June: UN

ROME: The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell in June to its lowest level in more than two years,...

Published 09 Jul, 2023 02:55am

Markets

Protection of cotton belt in Pakistan: FAO to install AWS in 5 southern Punjab districts

LAHORE: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) has come forward to protect the ...

Published 18 Jun, 2023 06:07am

Opinion

The AgriTech way

Speakers at a seminar titled ‘The role of AgriTech – unlocking opportunities and overcoming barriers’ in...

Published 11 Jun, 2023 03:55am

Business & Finance

World food prices fall to two-year low in May: UN food agency

PARIS: The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell in May to its lowest in two years, as a slump in...

Published 03 Jun, 2023 03:52am

Pakistan

‘Acute food insecurity’: govt rejects reports

ISLAMABAD: After Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) designated Pakistan as a ...

Published 01 Jun, 2023 03:34am

Pakistan

Punjab govt, FAO carry out water management project

LAHORE: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in collaboration with the Punjab Government will...

Published 24 May, 2023 05:57am

Pakistan

Climate-resilient agriculture & water management project reviewed

LAHORE: The Secretary of Agriculture, Punjab, conducted a review of the government of Punjab’s unilateral trust...

Published 24 May, 2023 05:57am

Pakistan

Punjab govt, FAO sign accord on Indus Basin protection

LAHORE: The Punjab government and Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed a ...

Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am

Editorials

Closing the agri gender gap

EDITORIAL: How strange that agriculture – perhaps the oldest profession and the reason mankind developed cities,...

Updated 21 Apr, 2023 06:49am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 20	5,917.11
Nasdaq / Nov 20	18,966.14
Dow Jones / Nov 20	43,408.47
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,137.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,620.49
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,069.57
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	18,942.65

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 21	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	69.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,662.71
Diesel/Litre / Nov 21	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 21 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 21 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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