Health & Nutrition

How to: test your garden soil’s pH, and balance it for a better veggie harvest So you’re resolved to grow the best darn vegetables ever. You’re on a mission to feed your family nutrient-dense, organic, home-grown food, to stick it to the supermarket, and to hopefully have enough to share …

If you have been using chemical fertilizers all this while for your vegetable garden, flower garden or even for your farm, it is time you go organic. Yes, chemical fertilizers helped in boosting the growth of crops in a harsh environment and all, but the dark side effects it had …

More European cows and pigs will get fat on American feed this season. European Union imports of soymeal — crushed soybeans used to make food for livestock — are set to surge to a seven-year high of 20.2 million tons this season as heat and drought ravage pastures, boosting the …

Pakistan’s per capita daal (pulse) consumption has sharply declined to about 7 kg/person from about 15 Kg/person in 2000, according to data released by Food and Agriculture Organization and reported in Pakistani media. Meat has replaced it as the main source of protein with per capita meat consumption rippling from …

(Written By: Zia Ur Rahman Farooqi and Nukshab Zeeshan) Somewhere, we have convinced ourselves that chicken is a healthier option than cows but eating chicken may hold more dangers than its fellow barn mates. When a chicken is forced to grow to maturity within 50 days and even forced to hatch …

Dr. Muhammad Saeed, Iqra Yasmin and Talha Anjum National Institute of Food Science & Technology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad Description The biological name of fig is Ficus carica & it belongs to Mulberry family. It is also known as Higo in Spanish, Dumoor in Bengali, Figue in French, Anjir in Hindi, …

(Written by:   Khadija Tehseen Arshad) Water is considered as the most important substance on earth for every living thing either it is plant , animals or human beings, water considered as the base of life. All the living thing required water for their survival. If there is no water on …

  What is aging? This is a common observation that there are some people who are 40 but look 60 and others who are 60 but look 20 years younger. The process of aging its signs and early prevention may be devised by the food miracle.  Aging is the result …

  Pakistan ranks among one of those countries which almost depends on their agriculture sector. 70% of the Pakistani population is either directly or indirectly connected to the agriculture sector. It contributes 21.4% in the GDP of the Pakistan and according to survey 45% of the rural population is directly …

: a systems perspective of social change in mitigation and adaptation   There is a growing imperative for responses to climate change to go beyond incremental adjustments, aiming instead for society-wide transformation. In this context, sociotechnical (ST) transitions and social–ecological (SE) resilience are two prominent normative agendas. Reviewing these literatures …