Production technology of grapes Introduction Urdu Name Angoor English Name Grapes Botanical Name : Vitis vinifera cultivars Plant Type: Deciduous Growth Habit: Upright, requires support Growth Rate: Fast Its crop require long, warm, dry summers and cool winters for best development, required temprature is 15 to 42 centigrad Selection of soil Gravelly sands to heavy […]
Minister for National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan on Monday said that no duty-free cotton import will be permitted until and unless all the locally produced cotton is sold completely. While talking to journalist, he said better cotton crop is expected this year than previous year. He said, “We are also looking […]
The Federal Minister Industries and Production Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi will inaugurate the Red Chilies Processing Centre on Tuesday at Kunri in Sindh province. The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) has established the centre under the Public Sector Development Programme. SEMDA Chief Executive Officer Sher Ayub and other officials would also be present […]
Increase in prices of vegetable and other important kitchen items, like pulses, sugar, flour, was witnessed during last week. A visit to local markets revealed that prices of vegetable have gone up by up to 90 percent in retail market, which is beyond the purchasing power of poverty-stricken masses. Consumers complained that authorities didn’t take […]
Walnuts Australia wins top gong for agriculture in export awards Tasmania-based Walnuts Australia Pty Ltd (WAPL) beat out beef, wine, seafood and organic food companies to win the agribusiness segment of the Australian Export Awards on Nov. 26 in Melbourne. For the previous three years the Agribusiness Award went to beef and dairy companies. WAPL […]
Mitratani Eyes IDR130 Billion Revenue through Agribusiness Export SURABAYA – PT Perkebunan Nusantara X through its subsidiary PT Mitratani Dua Tujuh eyes revenue of IDR130 billion this year through the export increase for various agribusiness products. The company which produces frozen vegetables such as edamame, mukimame, edatski, and okra soybean plans to add bean in […]
Mushroom Cultivation And Spawn Preparation It is a proprietorship firm. Mr. Gajjar is an expert in mushroom cultivation and spawn preparation since 1994. “We have also developed an easy and good cultivation practice for medicinal mushroom,” he says. The company is located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Scientists discover ‘fat gene’ in cows New Zealand-based co-op, Livestock Improvement Company (LIC) has discovered genetic variations which impact milk composition in dairy cows. All cows have the ‘fat gene’, named AGPAT6, but LIC senior scientist Dr Matt Littlejohn says the variations they’ve discovered provide a genetic explanation as to why some cows produce higher […]
Suppliers” prequalification: MoC bars TCP from conducting process On the directives of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has restricted the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) from conducting prequalification process of suppliers for commodity procurement.
Cotton market: rates firm on rising demand by mills Strong demand by mills, helped the rates to hold present levels on the cotton market on Tuesday, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 5300, they added. In ready session, around 14,000 bales of cotton changed hands between Rs 5325-5500, they said.
Quality Control of Pesticides and Registration of Pesticides Distributors Pesticides Sampling Pesticides sampling is a regular phenomenon of this Directorate General to check the adulteration in pesticides. To ensure the quality of pesticides, each pesticides inspector will regularly conduct intelligence based raids and draw samples from the stores/ warehouses/ shops of vendor, dealers, distributors & […]
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Research scientists work to unravel complex arid, semiarid landscapes A team of researchers has developed a multi-faceted process to study arid and semiarid landscapes that takes into account the wide range of factors influencing changes that can result in desertification. Led by Debra Peters, research scientist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service […]
Agri-business Requires Tech Support To Boost Productivity Farming sector requires technology involvement to improve productivity, says NRDC chairman Bangalore: Government must provide soft loans to farmers for supplementing technology use in their quest for increasing agricultural output, the chairman and managing director of the National Research Development Corporation (NDRC) Rajendra Dhabol has said.
Slf-propelled multi-row weeder for dryland crops The Arecanut Research and Development Foundation (ARDF) will conduct a three-day ‘agri machinery fair’ in November. Addressing presspersons here, Mr K. Padmanabha, Managing Trustee of ARDF and President of Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (Campco) Ltd, said that farm labour scarcity is affecting the agriculture sector. […]
Vegetable farmers trained in seedling production Vegetable growers from various regions of the country were provided a comprehensive training here by the scientists of Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) to help them produce healthy seedling for better and enhanced crop production.
Farmers go for tunnel technology to improve productivity Farmers of the country are increasingly adopting state-of-the-art tunnel technology that offers five times more profit and productivity against traditional methods of farming, improves livelihood of local communities and ensures food security in the country, agricultural experts say.
Pakistan develops Ug99-resistant wheat varieties Pakistan continues to face the threat of ‘Ug99’, a disease that cause rust on wheat, as the country has not developed enough disease-resistant varieties, cautioned an official of the US Department of Agriculture. “The threat is enormous because Pakistan does not have many Ug99-resistant varieties,” Ian Winborne, Plant Health Adviser […]
ECNEC puts off decision on Dasu Dam, seeks cost revision The country’s highest project approval body on Wednesday deferred a decision on the 4,600-megawatt Dasu hydropower project after finding its cost exorbitantly higher at Rs735 billion – an issue that the Ministry of Water and Power is reluctant to address despite earlier warnings.
China agrees to invest 52 billion USD in Pakistan in next five years China has agreed to invest around 52 billion USD in major projects to include dams, motorways, fiber-links, garments city, mineral resources, energy sector including coal, construction of tunnels, economic corridor, Gwadar port, oil refinery, railway, and agriculture.