Capital Growth food growing training
Capital Growth food growing training July 31-2013 The training programme provides a range of short and full day courses covering everything you need to know to set up and…
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Author: Safdar Abbas
Pakistan – Country water resources assistance strategy : water economy running dry (English)
Pakistan – Country water resources assistance strategy : water economy running dry (English) ABSTRACT The water economy of Pakistan depends fundamentally on a gigantic and complex hydraulic infrastructure…
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Pakistan: Priorities for Agriculture and Rural Development
Pakistan: Priorities for Agriculture and Rural Development BACKGROUND More than two-thirds of Pakistanis live in rural areas, of which about 68 percent are employed in agriculture (40 percent…
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Big sack-o-wheat program
Big sack-o-wheat program July 30,2013. “[Federal food and agriculture minister] Nazar Muhammad Gondal said that last year the growers were given slogan of ‘Grow more wheat’ while this…
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Experts say latest tech is the future of agriculture in Pakistan
July 30, 2013 FAISALABAD: Experts at an international seminar on Tuesday called for promotion of environment-friendly agricultural practices like precision cultivation to increase productivity and to reduce the…
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Enterprise Development Programme
Enterprise Development Programme July 30-2013. The potential of women entrepreneurs remains largely untapped in developing and emerging markets, with many still lacking the skills, capital and access to…
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Bombs explode in busy market in northern Pakistan, killing 23 people
Bombs explode in busy market in northern Pakistan, killing 23 people PARACHINAR, Pakistan — A pair of bombs exploded in a busy market area Friday evening in northern…
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Higher food prices will hurt the poor
Higher food prices will hurt the poor July 30-2013 Low-income families will be hardest hit by rising food prices, local food experts say. Everything from bread to meat…
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A Platform for Change: Using Technology to Support Women Entrepreneurs
A Platform for Change: Using Technology to Support Women Entrepreneurs July 30,2013. Before I started working for the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women’s Mentoring Programme, I mostly associated…
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Food Security & Agriculture
Food Security & Agriculture July 30,2013. OIC International’s Food Security & Agriculture programs aim to make measurable and sustainable improvements in farming production and resource utilization through instruction…
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Food Security, Agriculture and Rural Development: Responding to Asia’s Food Crisis
Food Security, Agriculture and Rural Development: Responding to Asia’s Food Crisis July 30,2013. Two-thirds of the world’s one billion hungry reside in Asia and the Pacific and rising…
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Saudi Arabia’s food and agriculture sectors maintaining annual 18.5% growth
Saudi Arabia’s food and agriculture sectors maintaining annual 18.5% growth July 30,2013. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s agriculture and food sectors are expected to sustain a combined annual…
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Climate in Agriculture
Climate in Agriculture July 29,2013. There are three climatic zones in the kingdom: (1) desert almost everywhere, (2) steppe along the western highlands, forming a strip less than…
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Agriculture & Water
Agriculture & Water July 29,2013. Saudi Arabia’s agricultural development over the last three decades has been astonishing. Large areas of desert have been turned into agricultural fields –…
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Canadian Goose Burger, Anyone? Eating Invasive Species to Control Their Numbers
Canadian Goose Burger, Anyone? Eating Invasive Species to Control Their Numbers July 29,2013. Would you eat a Canadian Goose burger? The video below suggests that it may not…
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Collapsible solar pavilion charges Volvo V60, fits in its trunk
Collapsible solar pavilion charges Volvo V60, fits in its trunk July 29,2013. In the future, electric cars and plug-in hybrids may be able to carry their own solar…
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HIGH EFFICIENCY IRRIGATION SYSTEM July 29,2013. Associated Technologies (Pvt) Ltd was established in 1987, and has since then pursued the path of continuous improvement and success. ATL brings together a blend of experienced…
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Galaxie Corporation | Used Metalworking Machinery Dealer
Galaxie Corporation Used Metalworking Machinery Dealer July 29,2013. Galaxie Corporation – used metalworking machinery dealers specializing in the buying and selling of used steel mill, steel processing equipment, and…
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Laser Land Leveler
Laser Land Leveler July 29,2013. EASY FARMING Our firm has established on 1990 in Chak Hakeem Imam-ud-Din, Tehsil Depalpur, Distt. Okara. Pakistan producing agricultural machines (Complete Laser…
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A line in the sand
A line in the sand July 29,2013. The Right to Homestead Bill could change the face of the nation by addressing the principal cause of rural poverty, landlessness.…
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