{"id":23737,"date":"2025-08-31T20:06:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=23737"},"modified":"2025-09-23T19:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:24:18","slug":"pakistan-foreign-firm-shows-interest-in-introducing-hybrid-corn-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=23737","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan: Foreign firm shows interest in introducing hybrid corn seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Singa\u00adpore-based hybrid seed company has shown keen interest in introducing climate-resilient hybrid\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1813435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corn seeds<\/a>\u00a0in Pakistan, finding the country having the po\u00ad\u00adtential to get high yields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur latest hybrid corn seed technology has sho\u00adwn the potential to incre\u00adase yields by up to 32 per cent, offering farmers higher productivity and improved profitability,\u201d said Commercial Director for Southeast Asian Mar\u00adkets of Corteva Agrisci\u00aden\u00ad\u00adce (Singapore), Mr Bryce Sturgess, during a meeting with Minister for Nat\u00adional Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain in Islamabad on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Sturgess informed the minister that by introducing climate-resilient hybrid corn seeds in Pakistan, \u201cwe aim to support farmers in overcoming challenges such as water scarcity and changing weather patterns\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Corteva is committed to working alongside the Pa\u00ad\u00adkistan government to stre\u00adngthen food security thro\u00adugh innovative corn hyb\u00adrids that are both sustainable and farmer-friendly, Mr Sturgess maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Singa\u00adporean delegation head said with the adoption of advanced hybrid corn seeds, Pakistan\u2019s farming community would not only achieve higher yields but also contribute to the country\u2019s long-term agricultural sustainability. He also shared details of initiatives and investment plans in Pakistan\u2019s agriculture sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Hussain said that Pakistan\u2019s agriculture sector requires modernisation and innovative appro\u00adaches to meet challenges. He emphasised hybrid seed technology, along with improved agronomic practices, can substantially increase farmers\u2019 income, reduce crop losses, and improve natio\u00adnal food self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1937783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1937783<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Singa\u00adpore-based hybrid seed company has shown keen interest in introducing climate-resilient hybrid\u00a0corn seeds\u00a0in Pakistan, finding the country having the po\u00ad\u00adtential to get high yields. \u201cOur latest hybrid corn seed technology has sho\u00adwn the potential to incre\u00adase yields by up to 32 per cent, offering farmers higher productivity and improved profitability,\u201d said Commercial Director for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[1764,23304,132,23305,23303,11566,36,23306,60],"class_list":["post-23737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-agriculture","tag-corn-seeds","tag-economy","tag-foreign-firm","tag-hybrid-seeds","tag-maize-crop","tag-pakistan","tag-pakistan-foreign-firm-shows-interest-in-introducing-hybrid-corn-seeds","tag-geopolitics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23739,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23737\/revisions\/23739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}