Govt’s top priority is to ensure food security
Govt’s top priority is to ensure food security August 31-2013 The government of Pakistan gives high priority to the agriculture sector to ensure food security in the country.…
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Category: Agribusiness Export
No wheat or flour crisis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
No wheat or flour crisis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa August 30-2013 Advisor to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Food Qalandar Lohdi has said that sufficient stock of wheat is…
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Pakistan, China to work on biomass project
Pakistan, China to work on biomass project August 30-2013 Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conservation (GIEC) of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF) will…
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Reap lists factors behind fall in rice exports
Reap lists factors behind fall in rice exports Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) has pinpointed major factors behind decline in rice exports. Reap Acting Chairman Chaudhry Samiullah…
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Common Chemicals Worsening U.S. Obesity Epidemic
Common Chemicals Worsening U.S. Obesity Epidemic August 27-2013 Most people think that diet and exercise are the two factors that determine a person’s weight. If we eat a…
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Fukushima Radiation: Your Days of Eating Pacific Ocean Fish Are Over, Or Worse….
Fukushima Radiation: Your Days of Eating Pacific Ocean Fish Are Over, Or Worse…. August 27-2013 The heart-breaking news from Fukushima just keeps getting worse…a LOT worse…it is, quite…
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How second-hand clothes kill business for Malawi’s tailors
How second-hand clothes kill business for Malawi’s tailors August 24-2013 About 10 tailors with old, noisy sewing machines stitch fabrics under the canopy of the shops in the…
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Absence of treatment plants hits Punjab mango exports
Absence of treatment plants hits Punjab mango exports August-22-2013 Absence of treatment plants to meet quarantine requirements of foreign buyers is impacting exports of mango from Punjab. To…
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Farmers Continue to Fight Monsanto’s ‘Seed Police’ « EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement
Farmers Continue to Fight Monsanto’s ‘Seed Police’ « EcoWatch: Uniting the Voice of the Grassroots Environmental Movement August 21-2013 These Monsanto monsters need to be stopped by any…
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Fiscal Year 2013 raw cotton export slumps by 67 percent
Fiscal Year 2013 raw cotton export slumps by 67 percent August 7-2013 The country”s raw cotton export slumped by 67 percent during last fiscal year – 2012-13…
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Barter trade: Government to push ahead with wheat export to Iran
Barter trade: Government to push ahead with wheat export to Iran August 7-2013 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has staved off the threat of US sanctions and is more concerned with…
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Export of Agricultural products much lower than potential
Export of Agricultural products much lower than potential August 6-2013 “We can exploit our export potential by adopting international standards,” UAF vice chancellor. DESIGN: MOHSIN ALAM…
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Cotton rates firm amid strong buying by mills
Cotton rates firm amid strong buying by mills August 5-2013 Firmness prevailed on the cotton market on Monday in the process of strong buying by mills and spinners,…
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RESEARCH GRANTS TO BOOST AGRO PROCESSING INDUSTRY
RESEARCH GRANTS TO BOOST AGRO PROCESSING INDUSTRY August 1-2013 The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), which manages the Agro Processing Competitiveness Fund (APCF) on behalf of the Economic Development Department, is…
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LESOTHO FOOD CRISIS: SOUTH AFRICA ‘DONATES’ R180 MILLION
LESOTHO FOOD CRISIS: SOUTH AFRICA ‘DONATES’ R180 MILLION August 1-2013 Food Anaboliset steroidit ja generiikka Viagra-lisäravinteita on useita. Jotkut valmistajat myyvät tabletteja, jotka sisältävät myös antioksidantteja (vitamiineja). ANABOLISET…
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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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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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What the Chinese experience of bird flu can teach us
What the Chinese experience of bird flu can teach us My wife Carmen returned last Monday from a fortnight of touring China with two friends. She brought back several…
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