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BY: Hafiz Muhammad Bilal Department : Horticulture, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha Fig carica L. is an important member of the genus Ficus. It is ordinarily deciduous and commonly referred to as fig. The common fig is a tree native to southwest Asia and the eastern Mediterranean and it is one of the first …

BY: Hafiz Muhammad Bilal  &  Rabia Zulfiqar Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha Food is one of the basic necessities of the life. Food processing is mainly define as the process of value addition to agriculture produced by various method like grading, sorting and packaging. In other …

Mzansi’s agripreneurs are embracing technology innovation like never before. They know very well that technology continues to play a major role in the development of agriculture globally, while helping the industry to break into new frontiers. Dawie Maree, the Head of Information and Marketing for FNB Agriculture, says agricultural technology …

Poverty reduction has always been a central objective for every political government in Pakistan, yet every ruling party has miserably failed in reducing poverty so far. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has allocated a sum of 82 billion rupees to fight the rural poverty by targeting the agriculture sector of …

Bringing change to the agriculture sector is not easy. Farmers tend to stick to their age-old practices, which are less profitable and eco-friendly than new ones. Successive governments have been offering various incentives to the farming community to promote good agricultural practices (GAP). But many beneficiaries adopt new techniques and …

  Muhammad Nazar Department of Agronomy, UAF Correspondence email: [email protected] Introduction: Botanical name:         Helianthus annus Family:                       Compositae Local name:              sooraj mukhi Importance: Edible oil is the essential component of our food but we are producing only 20% of our need and remaining 80% is imported to fulfill the requirement.Keeping …

Muhammad Zahaib Ilyas* Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. Corresponding author: [email protected]   Introduction: The scientific name is Moringa oleifera. In India, Moringa has been used as a medicinal plant about 2000 years BC. It is used to cure more than 300 diseases. It is a perennial plant. …

What is organic farming? Organic farming means raising of crops and rearing of livestock by using only natural resources. There is no use of fertilizers, growth hormones, pesticides, genetically modified organisms and antibiotics in organic farming. It is a system that sustains the health of soil and ecosystem. It is …

By Muhammad Waqas Yonas1*  and Muhammad Sohaib Khan  1Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan Department of Agronomy, Agro-Climatic Lab University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan Introduction Climate change is the variation in the average weather condition of a particular region of the earth. Variation may be caused by the multiple of …

By Muhammad Nazar and Muhammad Waqas Yonas Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan Introduction Agriculture is the backbone of Pakistan and contributes 25% to the national economy, provides employment for over 50% of the labour force and is main source of income generation in rural areas.Use of labour is much …