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align-middle"><span>Magazine </span></span>  <figure class="media media--left media--fill sm:w-1/3 w-full mb-0 mr-6.75"> <div class="media__item "><a title="Incentivising Agri-Financing" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809/https://aurora.dawn.com/news/1145073/incentivising-agri-financing" target="_self"><picture><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2024/04/66200bfe25da5.jpg" alt="Incentivising Agri-Financing" title="Incentivising Agri-Financing"/></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1145073" class="story__title text-4 font-normal text-center sm:text-left "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809/https://aurora.dawn.com/news/1145073/incentivising-agri-financing" class="story__link "><strong>Incentivising Agri-Financing</strong> </a></h2>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt text-3.5 font-light text-center sm:text-left ">Data and digitisation are creating conditions conducive to agricultural financing, writes Ammar H. Khan. </div>  <div class=" invisible social-alignment absolute z-50 top-1 "> <div class="social js-social-fb social--icon social--black social--facebook float-left hidden lg:block ml-1.5 mt-3.25 "> <a class=" h-full w-full outline-none inline-block " onclick="return !window.open(this.href, 'Share on Facebook', 'width=640, height=536')" rel="noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809/https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faurora.dawn.com%2Fnews%2F1145073&display=popup&ref=plugin" target="_blank"><img width="24" height="24" src="/web/20240522211809im_/https://aurora.dawn.com/_img/social/icon-fb-black-rounded.png"/></a> </div> <div class="social js-social-twitter social--icon social--black social--twitter float-left hidden lg:block ml-1.5 mt-3.25 "> <a class=" h-full w-full outline-none inline-block " onclick="return !window.open(this.href, 'Tweet', 'width=640, height=300')" rel="noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809/https://twitter.com/share?text=Incentivising%20Agri-Financing&url=https%3A%2F%2Faurora.dawn.com%2Fnews%2F1145073&counturl=https%3A%2F%2Faurora.dawn.com%2Fnews%2F1145073" target="_blank"><img width="24" height="24" src="/web/20240522211809im_/https://aurora.dawn.com/_img/social/icon-twitter-black-rounded.png"/></a> </div> <div class="social js-social-whatsapp social--whatsapp text-3 float-left hidden lg:block ml-1.5 mt-3.25 "> <a class="inline-block uppercase align-middle text-gray-400" target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809/whatsapp://send/?text=Incentivising%20Agri-Financing%20%0A%20https%3A%2F%2Faurora.dawn.com%2Fnews%2F1145073%3Fref%3Dwhatsapp"> <img width="24" height="24" src="/web/20240522211809im_/https://aurora.dawn.com/_img/social/icon-whatsapp-black-rounded.png"/> <span class="hidden">WHATSAPP</span> </a> </div></div></article>   <article class="story relative overflow-hidden box mb-6.75 pb-6.75" data-id="1145105" id="1145105" data-layout="story" data-tags="">  <span id="magazine" dir="auto" class="badge inline-flex text-3 border border-solid border-aurorapink-400 text-aurorapink-500 p-1.5 font-arial mb-3.25 align-middle"><span>Magazine </span></span>  <figure class="media media--left media--fill sm:w-1/3 w-full mb-0 mr-6.75"> <div class="media__item "><a title="Disrupting Agriculture’s Fiscal Model" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809/https://aurora.dawn.com/news/1145105/disrupting-agricultures-fiscal-model" target="_self"><picture><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2024/04/662e1ccc31c6c.jpg" alt="Disrupting Agriculture’s Fiscal Model" title="Disrupting Agriculture’s Fiscal Model"/></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1145105" class="story__title text-4 font-normal text-center sm:text-left "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809/https://aurora.dawn.com/news/1145105/disrupting-agricultures-fiscal-model" class="story__link "><strong>Disrupting Agriculture’s Fiscal Model</strong> </a></h2>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt text-3.5 font-light text-center sm:text-left ">If Pakistan is to ever open up the economic potential of its agricultural sector, it will have to substitute outdated and ineffective financing methods in favour of ‘an enabling capitalist model’, argues Aijaz A. Nizamani. </div>  <div class=" invisible social-alignment absolute z-50 top-1 "> <div class="social js-social-fb social--icon social--black social--facebook float-left hidden lg:block ml-1.5 mt-3.25 "> <a class=" h-full w-full outline-none inline-block " onclick="return !window.open(this.href, 'Share on Facebook', 'width=640, height=536')" rel="noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809/https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faurora.dawn.com%2Fnews%2F1145105&display=popup&ref=plugin" target="_blank"><img width="24" height="24" src="/web/20240522211809im_/https://aurora.dawn.com/_img/social/icon-fb-black-rounded.png"/></a> </div> <div class="social js-social-twitter social--icon social--black social--twitter float-left hidden lg:block ml-1.5 mt-3.25 "> <a class=" h-full w-full outline-none inline-block " onclick="return !window.open(this.href, 'Tweet', 'width=640, height=300')" rel="noreferrer" 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sm:text-left "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809/https://aurora.dawn.com/news/1145089/fighting-pakistans-growing-food-insecurity-crisis" class="story__link "><strong>Fighting Pakistan’s Growing Food Insecurity Crisis</strong> </a></h2>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt text-3.5 font-light text-center sm:text-left ">Unless something is done now, climate change will exacerbate Pakistan’s lethargic agricultural growth and lead to further food insecurity, warns Aisha Khan. </div>  <div class=" invisible social-alignment absolute z-50 top-1 "> <div class="social js-social-fb social--icon social--black social--facebook float-left hidden lg:block ml-1.5 mt-3.25 "> <a class=" h-full w-full outline-none inline-block " onclick="return !window.open(this.href, 'Share on Facebook', 'width=640, height=536')" rel="noreferrer" 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</span></a></span>  <figure class="media media--left media--fill sm:w-1/3 w-full mb-0 mr-6.75"> <div class="media__item "><a title="“In Pakistan, we have to be patient and take a 20 to 30-year view in terms of getting things right.”" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809/https://aurora.dawn.com/news/1145104/in-pakistan-we-have-to-be-patient-and-take-a-20-to-30-year-view-in-terms-of-getting-things-right" target="_self"><picture><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2024/05/061044055a4a506.jpg?r=104411" alt="“In Pakistan, we have to be patient and take a 20 to 30-year view in terms of getting things right.”" title="“In Pakistan, we have to be patient and take a 20 to 30-year view in terms of getting things right.”"/></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1145104" class="story__title text-4 font-normal text-center sm:text-left "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809/https://aurora.dawn.com/news/1145104/in-pakistan-we-have-to-be-patient-and-take-a-20-to-30-year-view-in-terms-of-getting-things-right" class="story__link "><strong>“In Pakistan, we have to be patient and take a 20 to 30-year view in terms of getting things right.”</strong></a></h2>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt text-3.5 font-light text-center sm:text-left ">Imran J. Nasrullah, MD, Golden Agri-Resources, speaks to <em>Aurora</em> about Pakistan's agricultural prospects, the benefits of corporate farming and the need to legislate for better food standards. </div>  <div class=" invisible social-alignment absolute z-50 top-1 "> <div class="social js-social-fb social--icon social--black social--facebook float-left hidden lg:block ml-1.5 mt-3.25 "> <a class=" h-full w-full outline-none inline-block " onclick="return !window.open(this.href, 'Share on Facebook', 'width=640, height=536')" rel="noreferrer" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809/https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faurora.dawn.com%2Fnews%2F1145104&display=popup&ref=plugin" target="_blank"><img width="24" height="24" src="/web/20240522211809im_/https://aurora.dawn.com/_img/social/icon-fb-black-rounded.png"/></a> </div> <div class="social js-social-twitter social--icon social--black social--twitter float-left hidden lg:block ml-1.5 mt-3.25 "> <a class=" h-full 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809/https://aurora.dawn.com/news/1145074/embedding-agriculture-in-the-business-portfolio" target="_self"><picture><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809im_/https://i.dawn.com/thumbnail/2024/04/66200d0d72b8b.jpg?r=105211" alt="Embedding Agriculture in the Business Portfolio" title="Embedding Agriculture in the Business Portfolio"/></picture></a></div> </figure>  <h2 dir="auto" data-layout="story" data-id="1145074" class="story__title text-4 font-normal text-center sm:text-left "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240522211809/https://aurora.dawn.com/news/1145074/embedding-agriculture-in-the-business-portfolio" class="story__link "><strong>Embedding Agriculture in the Business Portfolio</strong> </a></h2>  <div dir="auto" class="story__excerpt text-3.5 font-light text-center sm:text-left ">Kazim Saeed discusses the business case for private sector investment in agriculture. </div>  <div class=" invisible social-alignment 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