The rate of increase in food production is too slow to cope with the rapidly increasing population and with that the rising demand for food. The need of the hour is to increase food production. The present system of sole…
CASTOR plant, locally known as ‘arind’, is grown in warm temperate and tropical areas of the world. The plant has been cultivated for centuries for oil produced by its seeds. The Egyptians burned castor oil in their lamps more than…
Cotton is one of the major fiber crops of global importance. Despite the increasing production of synthetic fiber or man made fiber, cotton retains its reputation as “Queen of the fiber plants”. Cotton lint and other byproducts are used in…
Biofuel can be broadly defined as solid, liquid, or gas fuel consisting of or derived from biomass. It is material derived from organisms such as plants, animals and their by-products. Manure, garden waste and crop residues are all sources of…
Moringa Plantation Methods Moringa oleifera, locally called as “Sohanjna”, a member of family Moringaceae, is a divine gift bestowed to the mankind for its extra ordinary morphological, physiological and nutritional attributes. It is a widely populated plant which is native…
Indigenous varieties and livestock species have lost their significance due to intensification of farming and separation of local communities from indigenous biological resources.
There is an impending disaster looming right in front of us. What is being proposed by a Parliamentary Committee on devolution by Mr. Raza Rabbani is to tear the higher education apart and fragment it into five pieces, with each province…
The emerging trend of focusing more and more attention on improving the production and productivity of farming across the world has prompted the Developmental Financial Institutions to evolve better schemes to improve the income generation capacity of the farming community…
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED BUSINESS PLAN FOR UPLIFT OF AGRICULTURE THROUGH INTEGRATED INITIATIVES TO BE TAKEN BY THE ZARAI TARAQIATI BANK LIMITED 1. Agriculture is the backbone of our Economy. This paper attempts to address issues related to agricultural development, food…
There is a wide gap between actual and potential yield of different crops. For wheat, rice, sugar cane, cotton, maize and edible oil, this gap is 72, 84, 74, 56, 73, 86 and 77 per cent, respectively. In respect of…
