کاشتکاروں نئے گندم کی امدادی قیمت کو مسترد کرتے

23 نومبر، 2012: پاکستان ایگری فورم 1،200 روپے کے نئے گندم کی امدادی قیمت فی 40 کلوگرام کو رد کر دیا ہے، جمعرات کو اقتصادی سمنوی کمیٹی (ای سی سی) کی طرف سے اعلان اور کسانوں کے لیے ہیڈ اخراجات کے طور پر 1،300 روپے کی امدادی قیمت کا مطالبہ کیا کے دوران کافی اضافہ ہوا ہے گزشتہ ایک سال.
بزنس ریکارڈر، ابراہیم مغل سے بات چیت کرتے ہوئے، چیئرمین پاکستان ایگری فورم نے کہا کہ بار بار کی درخواستوں کے باوجود گندم کی امدادی قیمت کے اعلان بوائی مدت کے بعد کیا گیا تھا. گندم کی پیداوار میں کچھ 1-1.5 ملین ٹن کمی میں 2012-13 کے دوران گندم کی امدادی قیمت میں بلند اعلان میں تاخیر نتیجے میں ہو سکتا ہے، انہوں نے مزید کہا کہ. انہوں نے کہا کہ گندم کی بوائی پہلے ہی 20 نومبر کو ختم ہو گیا ہے اور اب نئی قیمت کا اعلان آئندہ گندم کی فصل پر مثبت اثرات مرتب نہیں کرے گا گندم کی امدادی قیمت پر فیصلے میں تاخیر کی وجہ سے ہے. اس برس ہم 24-25 لاکھ ٹن کے فصل کی توقع کر رہے ہیں کے خلاف، ملک کے 26 ملین ٹن کے مطالبہ، "انہوں نے مزید کہا کہ.
کم پیداوار گندم کی بڑے پیمانے پر مقدار کی درآمد کے نتیجے میں، انہوں نے کہا کہ ایسا لگتا ہے کہ درآمد مافیا فعال طور پر مختلف مسائل توڑ رہا ہے اور وقت حمایت کی قیمت کے اعلان کے ساتھ کنکشن میں تاخیر حکمت عملی کا استعمال کرتے ہوئے. کھاد، ڈیزل، پانی، بیج اور کیڑے مار ادویات کی قیمتوں میں گزشتہ ایک سال کے دوران manifolds اضافہ ہوا ہے، جبکہ حمایت قیمت کی قیمت میں اضافہ کے مطابق نہیں ہے، انہوں نے کہا.
"مغل نے کہا کہ انہوں نے کہا کہ کاشتکاروں کو بین الاقوامی قیمت پر ادویات، ڈیزل اور زرخیزی ہو رہے ہیں، جبکہ گھریلو قیمت پر ان کی شے کو فروخت. کسان اس وقت بہت مایوس کن مالیاتی پوزیشن میں ہیں اور اب وہ حکومت کی مدد کی ضرورت ہے، انہوں نے مزید کہا کہ.
1،200 روپے فی 40 کلوگرام کے سرکاری اعلان کے باوجود فی 40 کلو گرام ہے، جس میں گندم کی مناسب قیمت ہو جائے گا کو 1،300 روپے کی امدادی قیمت کے لئے ہماری درخواست اب بھی ہے اور کاشتکاروں کو بہتر فصل کے لئے کوششوں کو بنانے کے لئے حوصلہ افزائی کریں گے.
انہوں نے کہا کہ ہم نے 1،000 روپے فی ٹن کی امدادی قیمت کے لئے اس بات پر متفق ہیں، اگر حکومت ڈیزل، کھاد، بجلی کی شرح میں اور کیٹناشک یا اس سے بھی بھارتی قیمتوں کی طرح فراہم کرتا ہے، "انہوں نے کہا کہ. گزشتہ سال 1،050 روپے فی 40 کلو امدادی قیمت بھی دسمبر میں وفاقی حکومت کی طرف سے کیا گیا تھا کا اعلان کیا، جب بوائی تقریبا ملک بھر میں مکمل کیا گیا تھا اور حکومت نے گندم کی امدادی قیمت میں اضافہ کے مثبت نتیجہ حاصل کرنے میں ناکام رہی تھی. ، مغل نے کہا کہ اس سال حکومت نے نومبر میں امدادی قیمت کا اعلان کر دیا ہے، لیکن پھر بھی بہت دیر کی بوائی کے موسم نے پہلے ہی ختم ہو گیا ہے.
"گندم کی امدادی قیمت @ 1،300 روپے فی 40 کلوگرام کے اعلان کے ملک کے لیے کھانے میں خود انحصاری کو یقینی بنانے کے لئے اور کسانوں کو گندم کی فصل کے لئے اپنا مناسب آمدنی کے طور پر گندم اگانے والے ہمیشہ ایک امدادی قیمت میں اضافہ سے مثبت ہے جواب اگر یہ اعلان کیا ہے سے قبل بوائی کے موسم اور ملک میں ان سالوں میں بمپر گندم کی فصلوں کو دیکھا ہے، "انہوں نے مزید کہا کہ.



گورنمنٹ گندم کی امدادی قیمت کے فیصلے پر نظرثانی کرنے پر زور

30 نومبر، 2012: پاکستان فلور ملز (PFMA) ایسوسی ایشن پنجاب حکومت پر زور دیا کہ گندم کی امدادی قیمت میں اضافہ کے طور پر یہ پہلے سے ہی بحران آٹے کی گھسائی کرنے والی صنعت کے تحت نہ صرف برباد کر دے گا کے اپنے فیصلے کا جائزہ لینے کے بلکہ کے لئے آٹے کی قیمتوں میں ناقابل برداشت اضافہصارفین.

PFMA پنجاب کے چیئرمین چوہدری عبدالجبار عاصم احمد رضا، لیاقت علی خان اور میاں ریاض سمیت جبکہ بدھ کے روز ایک پریس کانفرنس سے خطاب کرتے ہوئے کیا دیگر PFMA رہنماؤں کے ساتھ ساتھ اقتصادی سمنوی کمیٹی (ای سی سی) کے فیصلے کے گندم کی امدادی قیمت میں اضافہ کرنے کے کو مسترد کر دیا ہے. انہوں نے خبردار کیا کہ اس اضافے کے بعد تھیلا 750 روپے فی 20 کلو گرام آٹے کا تھیلا قیمت تک پہنچنے، جبکہ روپے کی گھسائی کرنے والی صنعت پر ایک ارب روپے کی اضافی بوجھ ڈال دے گا.

انہوں نے کہا کہ یہ بہتر ہے کہ اس اضافی رقم سے کھاد، بیج، بجلی اور ڈیزل کیونکہ یہ صرف مصنوعات کی خوشحالی نہیں یقینی بنانے کے لئے بلکہ سستی کی شرح پر صارفین کو آٹے کی فراہمی پر سبسڈی کے طور پر کاشتکاروں کو دی جانی چاہئے. PFMA پاکستان کے سابق چیئرمین عاصم رضا احمد نے اس کے رد عمل میں انہوں نے کہا کہ یہ حکومت کی ذمہ داری ہے کہ سستی کی شرح پر عوام کو آٹا فراہم کرنے تھے. لیکن جس طرح حکومت کو بڑھانے کی اس کی قیمتوں میں بھوک ایک دن عوام کی قیادت کر سکتے ہیں، انہوں نے حکومت پر تنقید کی ہے.

Wheat: Planning for better yield (بہتر پیداوار کے لئے منصوبہ بندی: گندم)

The wheat is sown the world over on an area touching 220 million hectares producing 600 million tons with an average of 2700 kg. of grain per hectare.

The Main land China brings 30 million hectares the largest are in the world followed by Russian Federation, India, USA, Australia, Canada, Turkey and Pakistan.

As far as the highest yield is concerned, France produces 7200 kg per hectare. Who leads other countries because it has much longer growing season of winter wheat? It is rather more appropriate to compare our wheat grain yields with countries of similar climatic and eco-zones, like Mexico and Egypt. Their yields are much higher owing both genetic constitution of cultivars and environment provided to them to express their biological potential.

Since Mexico and Pakistan are located in analogous ecological zones therefore, introduction of Mexican varieties in the country in sixties verities in the country in sixties ushered an era of green revolution. But unfortunately the pace of development could not be maintained for long and we now lag much behind the Mexican yields, who have gone for ahead of us producing 3900 Kg. of wheat grain per hectare as compared to 2491 K. for us in the year 1999, the best season. According to FAO statistics for 1995, among spring wheat growing countries Egypt has fantastic yield by producing 5422 kg. of grain per hectare where as Indian Punjab producing 4090 kg. and even India leads us in average yield by producing 2559 kg. notwithstanding three times largest area as compared to ours.

In our country wheat is cultivated largely (80 per cent), in irrigated areas whereas, rest in rain-fed. The yield and production in latter part of the country is predominantly controlled by rains during growing season, which usually are erratic. Hence yields are much lower during season of low precipitation.

There are of course three kinds of wheat cultivars, the long duration, the medium and short duration varieties. The wheat yields usually start declining after 20th Nov sowing at the rate of 20 kg per day.

Hence efforts must be made to plant it at optimum time. In cotton areas the sticks are by and large used as fuel in domestic house hold. Big heaps of cotton sticks can be seen along the roadside and in villages.

There is a great need to educate growers as to how much yield is last due to burning of sticks. So as to restores the soil fertility at least 80 per cent sticks may be buried in soil. In order to enhance the decomposition half a bag of urea per acre may be incorporated in the soil after the stick burial.

In view of numerous benefits through the addition of organic matter from cotton sticks, may be made mandatory for each farmer. In case wheat sowing is delayed owing to late maturity of cotton, wheat may be sown in standing crop, if there is low or no incidence of weeds. However in rice tract wheat should be sown on proper time immediately after crop harvest. In rice zone a sizable area must be brought under this season legumes, the chickpeas and lentils. It is of course not so difficult to reap their yields up to 1000 kg per acre, which will bring more finances to the growers as compared to raising wheat.

Adequate quantity of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash may be applied to harvest maximum grain. If phosphorus is added adequately it will not only help to realize good harvest, the following crop of cotton shall utilize the remaining residual phosphorus, without adding more of this element to cotton.

In my opinion there are three main factors, which largely contribute towards low wheat yields, the optimum time of sowing, prevalence of high intensity of weeds, imbalance use of fertilizer. The low level of organic matter is also important for holding the yield. In irrigated areas the crop is generally sown either after the harvest of cotton or paddy.

In most of the cases it is customary that farmers neither add organic matter nor farmyard manure to maintain fertility, thus resulting in low yields. In order to sow wheat at optimum time the cotton breeders in collaboration with cotton agronomists must try to reduce the life span of cotton crop without hampering the yield and deteriorating the quality of lint. In this way not only have substantial saving on the management of cotton but also timely sowing of wheat to realize maximum yields. As far as weeds are concerned it is estimated that decline in wheat yield ranges from 15 to 40 per cent or even more in some cases, which is indeed a great loss towards food self-sufficiency.

As my experience goes tit is much worst in certain localities where it appears as if wheat is an unwarted and obnoxious plant. It is in fact a glaring negligence on the part of extension workers and the grower himself.

The extension workers with the help of farmers may try to delineate the areas of high infestation of "Dumbi Sitti" and wild oats.

The farmers in such areas may be advised to control them through agronomic practices or herbicide treatment or removing the weed plants just after earring because at that stage it is easy to differentiate between both the weed and wheat plants.

If these weeds are not controlled now they will spread like a wild fire in coming years in whole of wheat areas. Thee weeds have capability to produce large quantities of seed, which is always shed before wheat harvest. Henceforth infestation increases at an alarming pace. These two weeds along with "It Sit" can be used as biological warfare in agriculture. On the other hand in barani areas "Pohalli" is quite a common weed, which can be easily seen while travelling by air, road or rail after the harvest of wheat.

The abundance of this weed undoubtedly is a main factor for low yield in the area. The Pohalli remain green much after harvest of crop. At that time it is an appropriate time to launch a campaign to eradicate it by uprooting and burning. Two or three exercise will help to whip out the weed in barani areas. Henceforth this year may be declared a Pohalli eradication year. The road sides and sides of rail tracks may also be cleared of it.

The pace of yield increase per hectare during past twenty years has been awfully poor rather frustrating since 1980 to 01. The population growth however, over whelmed the increase in yield per unit area therefore; the enlarged demand of wheat consumption was met by bringing more area under crop.

Which certainly is not a good omen. But for how long increase in area under crop shall come to our rescue. This problem has to be tackled through serious and wise planning and execution.

First of all we shall have to get rid of non-technocrats from lowest level to highest in the ministry of food, agriculture and livestock and induct able selfless agricultural scientists but not the pseudo ones. More funds have to be infused for research and transfer of technology. At the same time we must motivate the general public to diversify the so-called dietary pattern, is greatly imbalanced, which required to be substituted by balanced through intake of nutritive food, so as to reduce unnecessary burden on wheat. Besides this we must substantially boost yield per unit area. Thus placing this area under oil seeds, vegetables, fruits, pulses, and flowers. Also considerable area may be brought under fodder to raise ore animals for milk and meat production. Last but not the least we ought to arrest population growth.

With the improvement in agronomic practices we must try to equate with Egyptian or across the Punjab wheat yields in less than three or at the most five years.

Storage facilities: There are many stored grain pests, which destroy a considerable quantity of produce while in store in villages. Efforts may be made to eliminate the losses. If these losses are controlled it is possible that we may not have to import food grains any longer.


Courtesy Daily Dawn, 10 December 2001

Wheat

Wheat

	Wheat (Triticum spp.) is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Fertile Crescent region of the Near East. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize (784 million tons) and rice (651 million tons). Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, flat and steamed breads, biscuits, cookies, cakes, breakfast cereal, pasta, noodles, or biofuel. Wheat is planted to a limited extent as a forage crop for livestock, and the straw can be used as fodder for livestock or as a construction material for roofing thatch.
	National Out-Look Wheat is the main staple food item of the country’s population and largest grain crop of the country. It contributes 13.1 percent to the value added in agriculture and 2.8 percent to GDP. The size of wheat crop is provisionally estimated at 23.4 million tons, 11.7 percent more than last year crop. SOURCE: Economic Survey of Pakistan 2008-09 International Out-Look World wheat production for 2009/10 is projected up 3.8 million tons this month to 671.9 million, down just 10.8 million tons, or 1.6 percent, from the record year of 2008/09...more SOURCE: USDA [Nov, 2009] Area, Production & Yield Advisory Year Area [000 hec] Production [000 tons] Yield [Kg/hec] 2006-07 8,578 23,295 2,716 2007-08 8,550 20,959 2,451 2008-09 (P) 9,062 23,421 2,585 P= Provisional [Jul-March] SOURCE: MinFAL,
	Source: http://www.pakissan.com/english/allabout/crop/wheat/index.shtml

FAP for Rs 1400 per 40kg wheat support price

November 16, 2012


Farmers Associates Pakistan (FAP) has recommended the government to fix the wheat support price around Rs 1,400 per 40 kilograms for the next crop, warning that in other case farmers may go for other crops which fetch more profit. This was disclosed at FAP's 121st meeting held here the other day chaired by Afaq Ahmad Tiwana (CEO) along with President Dr Tariq Bucha.

The meeting basically discussed the emerging importance of Biotech crops to resolve future requirements of food and feeds and solid solution pertaining to land and water needs thereby the introduction of drought and salinity resistant crops. During other discussions, FAP members were informed that FAP has taken up wheat support price issue with the government and recommended that it should be around Rs 1,400 per maund for the next crop otherwise many farmers will not sow wheat as they would rather go for other crops, which fetch more profit like Canola, etc.

The House was also given the costing of wheat by the FAP leadership claiming that the international wheat price US 290 Dollars per ton. The price FOB Karachi, the meeting stated would be Rs 27,840 per ton. After including import expenses plus withholding tax this rate would come to Rs 30,624 per ton or Rs 30.624 per kilogram. Thus landed cost of the 40 kilograms wheat would come to Rs 1,224 (Ex-Karachi) and after adding transportation charges (at the rate of Rs 5 per kilograms) it would come to Rs 1,425 per 40 kilograms for the consumers.

The House also raised question regarding MFN Status to India where both insensitive and negative list there is no mention of any agricultural products. The House demanded to take up with government to make a special MFN regarding agriculture sector as heavy subsidies are given to agriculture products in India whereas no subsidies are practically available for farmers in Pakistan.

The farmers unanimously voiced their concern and offered full support to FAP management under whose leadership all the farmers are ready and if needed they will initiate a march to Islamabad in December 2012 and if not listened to by the government, then, maybe, they physically stop the agricultural products from India till the resolution of this matter. Discussing the prevailing rice prices in the market, the meeting was informed that at the moment Basmati is selling at Rs 1,800 and if farmers are ready to hold till December, it might touch Rs 2,000.

The meeting observed that the situation is more or less satisfied. The House is very vocal about local support price announced by the government regarding to sugar cane crop. The member said that at present the production cost is Rs 195 and the price should have been fixed around Rs 220 to make a reasonable profit. The members also agitated the cold attitude both in Punjab and Sindh where the farmers are not paying on time and refusing to buy on declared support price.

The meeting further observed that according to a recent report as against the set target of 14 million bales in view of rain it was now reassessed to be around 12.5 million bales. The House was informed that FAP has asked the government to intervene and stop import of cotton from Brazil and India, which is hurting the farmer as price of cotton is much lower than the cost incurred.