Archive by category Pakistan Flood News

WORKING OXEN ON THE FARM TODAY

WORKING OXEN ON THE FARM TODAY

WORKING OXEN ON THE FARM TODAY I never thought I would be learning to farm with oxen.  I grew up in Chicago and I did not get to see the country all that often.  The only “Bulls” I knew of were a professional basketball team.  After high school, I chose to go to college out […]

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Arabian Camel or Dromedary

Arabian Camel or Dromedary

Arabian Camel or Dromedary Camels are large mammals that live in dry areas. There are two types of camels: the one-humped camel (the Arabian Camel or Dromedary) and the two-humped camel (the Bactrian Camel). The Arabian camels are found in the very hot deserts of North Africa and the Middle East. Bactrian camels are found in the rocky […]

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How to Start a Fish Farming Business

How to Start a Fish Farming Business

How to Start a Fish Farming Business How to Start a Fish Farming Business Starting Own Fish Farming Business Have you always dreamed of owning your very own fish farming business? Do you feel that the place that you have would be a great fish farm? If you want to start your own fish farming […]

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What are Agricultural Extension Services?

What are Agricultural Extension Services?

What are Agricultural Extension Services? Agricultural extension services are public and private sector activities relating to technology transfer, education, attitude change, human resource development, and dissemination and collection of information. Agricultural extension services bring to the farming community information and new technologies, that can be adopted to improve production, incomes and standards of living.

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Sugarcane Varities Situation in Pakistan

Sugarcane Varities Situation in Pakistan

Sugarcane Varities Situation in Pakistan Pakistan occupies an important position in sugar world, as it ranks on 6th position in cane acreage and production and has 14th position in sugar production. However cane yield of the country is very low, that with 48 tha-1 yield it stands on 47th position amongst 105 cane growing countries. […]

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Wheat procurement to start in Punjab on May 1

Wheat procurement to start in Punjab on May 1

Wheat procurement to start in Punjab on May 1 ISLAMABAD :- Procurement of wheat in Punjab will start on May 1 for maintaining stocks along with strategic reserves to meet domestic requirements of the country. The federal government has approved procurement of about 7.91 million tons of wheat as a bumper crop is expected in […]

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Agribusiness is future of Pakistan: Zubair Motiwala

Agribusiness is future of Pakistan: Zubair Motiwala

Agribusiness is future of Pakistan: Zubair Motiwala KARACHI: Entrepreneurship Development Program is an initiative to create capacity in the educated youth of Sindh for self employment and also to utilize the untapped resource base of agriculture of Sindh to its optimum capacity. This was stated by Chairman SBI Zubair Motiwala after a graceful launching ceremony […]

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Microfinance for women can reduce poverty

Microfinance for women can reduce poverty

Microfinance for women can reduce poverty SLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday said Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) and Citibank are playing an important role in helping the poor and marginalised communities in becoming masters of their destiny through provision of inclusive microfinance services at their doorstep. Addressing the 8th Citi-PPAF […]

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Entrepreneurship in Pakistan

Entrepreneurship in Pakistan

Entrepreneurship in Pakistan LAHORE – Entrepreneurship is all about undertaking risk and bearing risk. Innovation requires entrepreneurs to take calculated risks and with the help of this it is important to achieve economic growth in Pakistan. The nationalization period in Pakistan has affected innovation adversely and in subsequent years very little of it could place […]

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Swat floods wash away parts of bridge

MINGORA – Flood water in SwatRiver on Thursday washed away part of Kanjo Ayub bridge. The water level in SwatRiver is rising with the rise in temperature and the river is in medium flood. Local sources said that flow of water was increasing gradually and it was feared that the remaining part of Kanju Ayub bridge […]

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