{"version":"1","article":{"id":"pakistan-rice-planter-feasibility-study-2026","slug":"pakistan-rice-planter-feasibility-study-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/pakistan-rice-planter-feasibility-study-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/pakistan-rice-planter-feasibility-study-2026?lang=en","title":"Pakistan orders feasibility study on rice planters","summary":"Officials say planters could lift yields by up to 15% and cut unit costs, but any public investment depends on a feasibility review.","category":"agriculture","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-06T17:58:54+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-06T17:58:54+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-10-05","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Government of Pakistan Press Information Department","url":"https://pid.gov.pk/site/press_detail/34162","publishedAt":"2026-10-05","checkedAt":"2026-10-06"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/pakistan-rice-planter-feasibility-study-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/pakistan-rice-planter-feasibility-study-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/pakistan-rice-planter-feasibility-study-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/pakistan-rice-planter-feasibility-study-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/pakistan-rice-planter-feasibility-study-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/pakistan-rice-planter-feasibility-study-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/pakistan-rice-planter-feasibility-study-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/pakistan-rice-planter-feasibility-study-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/pakistan-rice-planter-feasibility-study-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/pakistan-rice-planter-feasibility-study-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Pakistan’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Ahad Cheema, directed the Food Secretary on October 5 to prepare a comprehensive feasibility study on introducing rice planters in major growing areas, particularly Punjab and Sindh. The study is to assess economic viability, cost-effectiveness and the potential effect on rice exports, according to the government’s release.","Officials told the meeting that the technology could raise yields by as much as 15% and lower production cost per kilogram. Cheema said federal investment with provincial governments would follow only if the study establishes a viable case. The review is also expected to propose a cost-sharing model involving farmers; no final purchase or nationwide rollout decision was announced."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Officials say planters could lift yields by up to 15% and cut unit costs, but any public investment depends on a feasibility review.\n\nPakistan’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Ahad Cheema, directed the Food Secretary on October 5 to prepare a comprehensive feasibility study on introducing rice planters in major growing areas, particularly Punjab and Sindh. The study is to assess economic viability, cost-effectiveness and the potential effect on rice exports, according to the government’s release.\n\nOfficials told the meeting that the technology could raise yields by as much as 15% and lower production cost per kilogram. Cheema said federal investment with provincial governments would follow only if the study establishes a viable case. The review is also expected to propose a cost-sharing model involving farmers; no final purchase or nationwide rollout decision was announced.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"agriculture","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic agricultural landscape with wheat, olive trees and irrigation channels.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"agriculture","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/agriculture-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic agricultural landscape with wheat, olive trees and irrigation channels.","language":"en"}}}