Wheat policy
WHEAT is the most important grain for Pakistani consumers, with, on average, over 50 per cent of their caloric dietary intake provided by the crop. The crop is equally important…
Making hay of wheat
HOW do two working-class village women, meeting for the first time, learn about each other’s state of well-being? Pardon my eavesdropping, but while travelling in rural Punjab in a cramped…
Sustainable wheat crop: strategies
The recent wheat crisis in Pakistan can be attributed to two primary factors. Firstly, the Punjab government abruptly withdrew from the market, leaving room for the private sector to exploit…
India set for wheat imports after six years, to shore up reserves
India is poised to begin wheat imports after a six-year gap, to replenish depleted reserves and hold down prices that leaped following three years of disappointing crops, sources say, as…
Wheat, wheat everywhere…
The wheat crisis has thrown up a host of troubling questions that revolve around the persistent wisdom that in our governance system, the left hand seldom knows what the right…
Wheat import: doors not closed yet
Pakistan is the 7th largest wheat producer in the world but, with respect to yield the country stands at 37th rank. Instead of releasing 123 varieties of wheat within last…
Wheat and corn prices ride the Ukrainian rollercoaster
The crisis between Ukraine and Russia, two of the world’s biggest wheat and corn producers, has sent the commodities’ prices on a wild ride — with anything from a diplomatic…
Wheat price game
In the last few months, the exponential increase in wheat prices adversely impacted the poor class's consumption pattern in Pakistan. On the one hand, the Covid-19 pandemic adversely affected poor…
Russian food embargo a big blow for EU producers: industry
Russia's embargo against food from the European Union will affect 10 percent of the EU's food exports and may cause a crisis of glut in Europe, industry experts said on…
Who suffers if Pakistan defaults?
While politicians and economists debate on talk shows and twitter over the inevitability or impossibility of a potential default, millions of working-class families are already feeling the crushing weight of…
