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Mushroom Cultivation

Mushroom Cultivation

Mushroom Cultivation The cultivation of gourmet and medicinal mushrooms is becoming increasingly popular, both as a hobby and for profit. The NAMA Cultivation Committee was formed to promote this fascinating activity and to provide information to cultivators or aspiring cultivators. The links on the right hand margin provide an overview of mushroom cultivation and guidelines […]

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Mushroom production methods

Mushroom production methods

Mushroom production methods Mushrooms are the edible fleshy fruiting bodies of certain fungi, which may be gathered wild or grown under cultivation. The most commonly cultivated mushroom species is Agaricus bisporus, though many other species are now gaining recognition in Australia due to the widespread consumption of Asian cuisine. This page describes the cultivation ofAgaricus species.

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Oyster Mushroom Cultivation

Oyster Mushroom Cultivation

Oyster Mushroom Cultivation Species of Pleurotus may be called oyster, abalone, or tree mushrooms, and are some of the most commonly cultivated edible mushrooms in the world. Mushroom is an exotic and nutritious source of vegetarian food. It has many varieties. Most of them are edible. Mushrooms have a high nutritional value and are high […]

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The Most Easy and Economical Mushroom Cultivation Methodology

The Most Easy and Economical Mushroom Cultivation Methodology

The Most Easy and Economical Mushroom Cultivation Methodology The higher, fleshy fungi bloom into a visible umbrella like fruiting body, are called mushrooms. These are considered as the source of Proteins, Vitamins, Fats, Carbohydrates, Amino acids and Minerals. According to Rambelli and Menini (1985), on an average, the protein value of the mushrooms is twice […]

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Types of Wheat Grain

Types of Wheat Grain

Types of Wheat Grain Wheat is one of the most planted and harvested crops in the world. It is the principle ingredient in breads and cereals, and in the United States alone, more than 63 million acres were planted in the 2008-2009 growing season. Wheat is available in winter and spring varieties, and each type […]

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Pakistan eying 25m ton wheat production this year: Aulakh

Pakistan eying 25m ton wheat production this year: Aulakh

Pakistan eying 25m ton wheat production this year: Aulakh MULTAN: Punjab agriculture minister Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh has said that wheat production target for the Rabi season 2010-11 has been set at 25 million ton, some 1.5 million ton above the assessed national food requirement at 23.5 million ton. While talking to newsmen at Fatehpur […]

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What ails Punjab’s agriculture

What ails Punjab’s agriculture

What ails Punjab’s agriculture   In the pre-independence India, the Punjab province served as the food basket for the country. The Punjab province of each country still performs the same function but Pakistan’s province is doing it inefficiently in comparison with the other side. What ails the agriculture productivity of Pakistan’s Punjab? At the government level, […]

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Government may miss 25 million tons of wheat production target

Government may miss 25 million tons of wheat production target

Government may miss 25 million tons of wheat production target Pakistan may miss the wheat production target of 25 million tons, set for 2012-13 Rabi crop season and is expected to produce a little over 24 million ton, officials said. According to reliable sources for the current Rabi season, the government has set wheat production […]

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Pakistan. ‘Punjab likely to achieve wheat production target’

Pakistan. ‘Punjab likely to achieve wheat production target’

Pakistan. ‘Punjab likely to achieve wheat production target’ Punjab is likely to achieve wheat production target this year as it is estimated that the province will get a production of 18.6 million tons with an average yield of 3.89 maund per acre. This was informed to the Punjab’s caretaker Minister for Agriculture Qaiser Zulfikar in […]

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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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Entrepreneurship in Pakistan

Entrepreneurship in Pakistan

Entrepreneurship in Pakistan 1. ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN PAKISTAN[Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract istypically a short summary of the contents of the document.Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract istypically a short summary of the contents of the document.]Muhammad Zeeshan Baloch10/25/2011 2. Entrepreneurship:-Entrepreneurship is a process through which individuals identify opportunities, […]

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Agribusiness and rural entrepreneurship development

Agribusiness and rural entrepreneurship development

Agribusiness and rural entrepreneurship development Challenge Many developing countries and economies in transition, particularly those with large rural communities, suffer from inadequate access to food and lack of employment. The problem is compounded by the dependence on outdated and inefficient technologies leading to poor productivity and slow economic growth. Agriculture-based industrial products account for half […]

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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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Local industry to get sufficient cotton

Local industry to get sufficient cotton

Local industry to get sufficient cotton KARACHI: Experts have predicted a significant increase in the country’s textile sector produce in view of rise in exports, given the sufficient availability of raw cotton at affordable rates for value addition.   The price of raw cotton in the international market is set to decline by almost 10 […]

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Raw cotton export touches all-time high level

Raw cotton export touches all-time high level

Raw cotton export touches all-time high level KARACHI: With a substantial growth of over 78 per cent, raw cotton export has reached all time high mark of 1.66 million bales at the end of last fiscal year 2011-2012 (FY12) mainly due to bumper cotton crop in the country and high demand in the world market. […]

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Cotton yarn exports feared to suffer huge decline

Cotton yarn exports feared to suffer huge decline

Cotton yarn exports feared to suffer huge decline  RAHIM YAR KHAN – Because of prolonged loadshedding of electricity and gas, the textile industries have failed to fulfill the cotton yarn exports orders, and as a result, China, Bangladesh and other countries have moved to India to purchase cotton yarn, said a former executive member of […]

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Textile exports surge by 7pc, food’s 11.4pc

Textile exports surge by 7pc, food’s 11.4pc

Textile exports surge by 7pc, food’s 11.4pc Pakistan’s textile exports showed growth of over 7 per cent in July to March period of the ongoing financial year over the corresponding period of last year despite unending power shortage in the country and global economic situation. Pakistan has exported textile made commodities worth of $9.630 billion […]

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Allabout/Crop/Ctton

Allabout/Crop/Ctton

Allabout/Crop/Ctton  Cotton Export(Goods) COTTON BAGS Pakistan’s Cotton bags are made of 100% cotton cloths in different sizes. The products include shopping hags in grey, bleached, dyed and hand screen printed with pigment colours according to the buyer’s requirements for advertising and promotional activities of their products. Prints are made for prolonged colour fastness. Kit bags […]

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History of Cotton

History of Cotton

History of Cotton What is Cotton? Cotton, belonging to a  family that includes hibiscus and okra, produces a natural vegetable fiber used  in the manufacture of cloth. Cotton produces a sweet nectar that attracts a  variety of destructive insect pests, including the boll weevil, bollworm,  armyworm, and the red spider. In addition to insect pests, […]

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Cotton

Cotton

Cotton We are acknowledged as one of the prime Raw Cotton Exporters in pakistan. We own some of the Raw cotton ginning factories in the area of Sindh Province with the name of Aftab Cotton Ginning Factory and Alisha cotton Ginning Factory having the production Capacity of about 70000 cotton bales. Lucky Global commoditie’s sister […]

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