According to the FAO, the estimated post-harvest loss of wheat globally is around 18.4%, or 25 million tons, so a significant amount of wheat is lost during storage, transportation, and handling.

LAHORE Opposition member Waqas Mann on Thursday raised concerns over the Punjab government’s delay in announcing its wheat procurement policy as the wheat harvesting season approaches.

This includes targeting 120 000ha for wheat to produce 600 000 tonnes, along with barley cultivation over 6 500ha for a predicted yield of 39 000 tonnes, and potatoes over 8 750ha to yield 236 250 ...

Putting to rest all speculations about a possible decline in wheat production, the Indian Government on Monday said India is set to harvest a record 115.43 million tonnes (mt) of the grain this year.

Several villages in the Chelyabinsk and Bashkortostan regions of Russia were cut off from transport links as melting ice caused river levels to rise and burst their banks. 365 Bloor Street East ...

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Larisa, a 30-something veteran caver from the Ural ... harvesting watermelons, plums, apples, and walnuts and fetching water from springs fed by the underground rivers that perforate these mountains.

Several villages in the Chelyabinsk and Bashkortostan regions of Russia were cut off from transport links as melting ice caused river levels to rise and burst their banks.

NEW DELHI: Rains, accompanied by hailstorms, over Northwest and East India on March 18 have wreaked havoc on rabi crops, especially ready-to-harvest wheat, gram and mustard crops. The Indian ...

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