LAHORE: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a key component of the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative undertaken by Beijing. OBOR, the modern-day Silk Route, will connect China to other countries in the world through land and sea. It has…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Safflower production under local Environment of Pakistan Zarghoona Naz1*, Saddaf Khan2, Arshad Ali3 and Muhammad Umair Yasin4. 1Agro-Climatology Lab, Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 2Taxonomy lab, Department of Botany, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 3Postgraduate Lab, Department of Agronomy,…