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The Cole Crops: Delicious, Nutritious, Beautiful Staples of the Cool-Season Garden August 23-2013 Vegetable Seed Production Contracted Vegetable Seed Multiply There’s something great about planting broccoli and kale…
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Study Finds Link Between Herbicide Exposure and Depression August 23-2013 Knowing that herbicides are poisoning ecosystems and degrading human health is enough to get you down. Hold on,…
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EPA’s ‘Ingenious’ Plan to Protect Bees from Pesticides: Print Some Stickers August 22-2013 In a ground breaking new move this month the EPA has figured out the ‘bee’…
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Irrigation department directed to remain on high alert August 22-2013 Secretary Irrigation Punjab Captain Zahid Saeed (Retd) has said that officers as well as field staff of irrigation…
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Diamer-Bhasha Dam: will Dar be able to convince World Bank August-22-2013 The question whether or not Finance Min-ister Senator Ishaq Dar will be able to convince the World…
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Sensitive Detection of PLRV in Potato Crop of Pakistan August 16-2013 Edible potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the world’s most widely grown tuber crop ranking fourth in production…
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USDA Borlaug Fellowship Program in Pakistan August 16-2013 The Borlaug Fellowship Program promotes food security and economic growth by increasing scientific knowledge, advancing the transfer of new technology,…
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Rain damages 20 percent standing cotton crop August 16-2013 KARACHI: The textile sector of the country will have to face difficult times ahead as a result of heavy…
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Pioneer: Corn Earworm, Western Bean Cutworm Management Tips for August 15-2013 Corn earworms (CEW) are cannibalistic and normally only one will be found per ear. The pest is…
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Bee Faithful? Plant-pollinator Relationships Compromised when Bees Decline August 15-2013 Remove even one bumblebee species from an ecosystem and the effect is swift and clear: Pollination is less…
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Towards a new “Agro-Culture” August 14-2013 The Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences launched, three years ago, a work of reflection and collaboration on the sustainable development of…
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Farmers Enterprise August 8-2013 Farmer enterprise group is one of the categories of Agribusiness Support Fund. ASF provides support in creating Agribusiness Enterprises by organizing small farmers…
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USAID & ASF Launch Agribusiness Project August 8-2013 About The Project The five-year Agribusiness Project is funded by the American people through USAID and is implemented by ASF. The…
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Agribusiness: market research reports August 8-2013 Agribusiness is a term that is used to describe the many businesses involved in the production of food, including seed supply, farming…
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Pakistan Agribusiness Report Q1 2013 August 8-2013 Countries covered: Pakistan BMI View: The 2012 monsoon season was relatively kind to Pakistan’s farmers, especially incomparison with the devastating floods of…
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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 August 7-2013 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has staved off the threat of US sanctions and is more concerned with…
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Growers advised to protect crops from stagnant rainwater August 7-2013 The stagnant rainwater may damage cotton crop as the Met office has advised the growers to protect their…
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Training workshop held for farmers August 7-2013 A training workshop on “Orchard management and Post harvest process” held at Agriculture Research Institute (ARI) Mingora, Swat, in which farmers…
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Essential kitchen items become dearer ahead of Eid August 7-2013 With the absence of price monitoring mechanism, prices of all essential kitchen items have been increased significantly ahead…
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