Urea shortage is hitting farmers hard
LAHORE: Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) Chairman Khalid Mahmood Khokhar said farmers are facing a shortage of urea as its consumption is estimated at 6.7 million tonnes annually following the increase in plantation area and increasing use of the product in cereal and cotton crops. Speaking to the media on Friday, Khokhar said Pakistan required an additional 200,000 tonnes of urea as buffer stock to keep prices stable. “Unfortunately, during 2023, the estimate of domestic production could not reach 6.4 million tons against the demand for 6.7 million tons, therefore, the farming community faces a deficit of about 500,000 tons (consumption
