EXTENSIVE research in wheat varieties in collaboration with foreign institutions over the years has boosted per-hectare yield. But local markets are yet to find ways for the realistic price discovery of multiple varieties and a surer supply management. The specifics…
I remember as a freshman in high school, sitting in my agriculture classroom with five paragraphs laid out on paper in front of me. I was told to memorize it. Half the words rang true and deep to my 14-year-old…
what is call Wheat inflorescence: Panicle Soil structure can be improve with the addition of: Compost When soil surface is protect/cover with residue of a crop, the practice is called? Mulching The science of categorization called: Taxonomy Grapes nurturing called: Viticulture…
“A sustainable agriculture is one which depletes neither the people nor the land.” – Wendell Berry What is sustainable agriculture? What is it that we hope to achieve by following sustainable practices in agriculture? The fast depleting ecological system…
Introduction: “Agriculture is the of process of cultivation of land or soil for production purpose”. Agriculture plays a very vital role for economy of Pakistan and its development. 48% of labour force is engaged directly with agriculture. So it is…
The sources of fertilizer supply in Pakistan are domestic production and imports. Those manufactured locally include urea, calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN) and ammonium sulphate (AS) as straight nitrogen fertilizers. Single superphosphate is the only straight phosphate fertilizer and nitrophos is…
In order to support Punjab Government efforts to increase agri. produce as well as to alleviate rural poverty among small and poor farming segment of the society, the Bank has decided to launch subject cited scheme across the Punjab Province.The…
Urbanization: Source of heavy metals pollution By. Asifa Manzoor, M.phil Biotechnology Introduction Heavy metals (HM) are the compounds having specific gravity >5 that of water. These heavy metals are found to be toxic for human health as well as to environment. Toxic…
Fertilizers are organic or inorganic substances, either natural or synthetic, used to supply elements (such as nitrogen, phosphate and potash) essential for plant growth. They are the most effective means of increasing crop production and of improving the quality of…
A group of maize farmers stands huddled around an agronomist and his computer on the side of an irrigation pivot in central South Africa. The agronomist has just flown over the pivot with a hybrid UAV that takes off and…
