Category Human Development Studies

All Pakistan Article Writing Contest(APAWC-2k14)       Agrihunt being an international agricultural NGO, has a dream to reshape the agricultural information landscape. For agricultural students we provide a Platform of innovative ideas promotion by empowering scientific capacity and personality…

Article by Bernardine Cooney, HSE’s Agriculture and Food Secto                                                                                   Children and young people are still being exposed to unmanaged risks and hazards on farms. This article explains why and how to minimise unnecessary accidents. Over the past 10 years, 31…

                           HOW JEALOUSY AFFECTS YOUR MIND?                                    A SOCIO-CULTURAL PROBLEM Jealousy is certainly a habit that is harmful to yourself and your relationship. There is no doubt that…

THE textile industry has been hit by falling export trend. Most of the exporters seem to be nervous which has raised alarm bells for the country’s economic managers. Pakistan is facing tough competition from China, India and Bangladesh. Exports of…

THE government has finally given in to the pressure of the powerful lobby of sugar millers, who are heavily represented in the Parliament as well as in the federal cabinet and conceded most of the demands, the industry had put…

First came the Economic Survey and then the Budget for the year 2004-5. Policy declarations, speeches and statements of the President of Pakistan , the Governor of the State Bank and the federal finance minister aimed at providing facilities to…

Although agriculture’s contribution to the national economy has fallen from 53 per cent at the time of Independence to 24 per cent now, it still provides employment to 44 per cent of the labour force. However its share in the…

Poverty alleviation is a hot current subject attracting attention at all levels – national and international. There is no dearth of official pronouncements in this regard. Recently, President General Musharraf announced a package for farmers and this was reflected in…

ACCORDING to the State Bank’s Annual Report, agriculture sector showed dismal performance in the last fiscal. The share of this sector in the total GDP growth has been further marginalised. This happened despite the provision of subsidies and better credit…