How to Grow Sunflower
How to Grow Sunflower August 3-2013 Sunflowers work well as a full season crop in rotation with corn, soybeans and/or sorghum. As a double crop after wheat, sunflowers…
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Category: agribusiness
Compassion is against the cloning of animals for food. Compassion has been campaigning in the EU and in the UK against cloning for a number of years.
Compassion is against the cloning of animals for food. Compassion has been campaigning in the EU and in the UK against cloning for a number of years. August…
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extinction for Pakistan’s animals species
Extinction for Pakistan’s animals species KARACHI – The Indus blind river dolphin is facing extinction it was learnt on Thursday. The rare dolphin is fading away owing to the negligence…
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Foreign remittances increased by 50pc: OPF
Foreign remittances increased by 50pc: OPF August 3-2013 ISLAMABAD – Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF) Managing Director Iftikhar Hussain Babar Friday said that foreign remittances were increased by 50 percent during…
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Govt to initiate production of renewable energy products
Govt to initiate production of renewable energy products August 3-2013 ISLAMABAD – The ministry of science and technology will soon initiate large-scale production and marketing of renewable energy and electronic…
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Pakistan to have alternative routes
Pakistan to have alternative routes August 3-2013 BEIJING – Pakistan will be greatly benefited in terms of security and revenue from the state-of-the-art optic fiber project between Pakistan and China…
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Agriculture is the backbone of Pakistan
Agriculture is the backbone of Pakistan August 3-2013 Lahore – Agriculture is the backbone of Pakistan. Half of the population’s direct source of income is agriculture. Agriculture is facing a…
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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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NEW WARNING FOR ARSENIC IN RICE
NEW WARNING FOR ARSENIC IN RICE August 1-2013 Rice tainted with high levels of arsenic has been linked to genetic damage that heightens the risk of cancer, a…
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PAKISTAN COAL MINE ACCIDENT KILLS EIGHT
PAKISTAN COAL MINE ACCIDENT KILLS EIGHT A gas explosion killed eight Pakistani coal mine workers in the country’s remote southwest on Monday, an official said. The accident happened…
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Export Procedures For Horticulture Products and Commodities
Export Procedures For Horticulture Products and Commodities July 31-2013 Brief Introduction: Agribusiness Support Fund (ASF) has been awarded a mandate by the USAID to implement a 5-year project…
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Events in The Regent’s Park Allotment Garden
Events in The Regent’s Park Allotment Garden July 31-2013 The Regent’s Park Allotment Garden is open to the public Monday – Friday from 8.30am – 4:30pm. You can…
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UK’s largest Edible Open Gardens Day offers glimpse of city’s ‘food-farms’
UK’s largest Edible Open Gardens Day offers glimpse of city’s ‘food-farms’ July 31-2013 Around 50 of London’s community food-growing gardens will be throwing open their gates to the…
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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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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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