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 for which a prominent Chinese telecom firm “Huawei” has been assigned the task. The agreement to lay optic fiber between the two sides was signed during Prime […]
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 lot of problems nowadays, which is resulting in increase in poverty ratio every year. We have first investigated the complete lifecycle of farming and have tried to […]
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 calling for expressions of interest for research grants. The APCF Research Grant, with a total investment of R12.5 million, was established to help boost competitiveness, growth,job creation and development […]
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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 study published on Monday said. Naturally-occurring arsenic in drinking water is a long-known health hazard, especially in Bangladesh, where tens of millions of people depend on wells […]
FLOOD-RAVAGED INDIA STRUGGLES WITH RELIEF August 1-2013 India’s flood-wracked state of Uttarakhand was struggling to distribute food and relief items to survivors after rescuing thousands of stranded people, officials said Wednesday. At least 900 residents, pilgrims and tourists died in floods and landslides in the mountainous state on June 15-16, following heavy monsoon rains. Officials […]
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 in Loralai district, nearly 600 kilometres (375 miles) southwest of Islamabad in the insurgency-torn province of Baluchistan, which is rich in gas, oil and mineral deposits.
The Political Economy of Policies for Smallholder Agriculture July 31-2013 As the experience of the 20th century has shown, implementing policies that increase agricultural productivity among smallholders is a particularly promising strategy to achieve pro-poor growth. However, history also reveals major political challenges to adopting this strategy. The paper compares the experience of Asian countries […]
The Rural Non-farm Economy: Prospects for Growth and Poverty Reduction July 31-2013 Policy makers have high expectations for the rural non-farm economy (RNFE). Given high income shares, growing employment, and frequently low capital requirements, they see the RNFE as a potential pathway out of poverty for their rural poor. Yet available evidence suggests that pro-poor […]
The Future of Small Farms July 31-2013 Interest in agriculture for growth and poverty reduction reawakened in the early 2000s made all the keener by the sudden rise in cereals prices on world markets in 2007–08. But is it still possible to drive agricultural growth through small farms, as happened in the green revolution? Whether […]
Policy Implications of Trends in Agribusiness Value Chains July 31-2013 Abstract Production and export of non-traditional agricultural products offer potential for economic growth and poverty reduction in developing countries. However, market access for small farmers is being undermined by the increasing complexity of global value chains in agribusiness. Increasing vertical coordination in global agribusiness value chains changes the requirements placed on small […]
The Leicester MBA – Challenging the management status quo July 31-2013 Your decision to join an MBA programme will be one of the most important decisions you will ever make. If you demand first rate academic standards and are ready for the hard work involved you will find studying an MBA programme to be a […]
Agribusiness & Value Chain development July 31-2013 Pragma is a leader in developing best practices and strategies to foster agricultural growth and sustainability. The company has considerable experience improving farm-level incomes and facilitating trade and investment for agriculture-based businesses worldwide, It offers the following agriculture/agribusiness environment and management support:
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 called “USAID’s Agribusiness Project” in Pakistan. Under this project ASF shall sponsor a number of activities with an objective to generate employment, economic growth and alleviate poverty.
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 find us on the corner of the Inner Circle and Chester Road, next to the Park Office. We run special open days with activities, competitions, games and […]
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 public in September, resulting in the largest opening of food growing spaces on a single day for any one city in the UK.
Capital Growth food growing training July 31-2013 The training programme provides a range of short and full day courses covering everything you need to know to set up and maintain your food growing space in an urban setting. Read on for upcoming sessions or find out more about specific areas of training from the list below. […]
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 system. There are now a set of related challenges which have to be addressed – how to maintain what has been built, what major new system-wide infrastructure […]
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 of total labor force). The agriculture sector accounts for about 22 percent of the national GDP and has enjoyed steady growth for almost three decades, substantially contributing […]
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 year they have been given the slogan of ‘Produce more wheat.’” —Associated Press of Pakistan, 2009 “WAPDA Chairman Shakeel Durrani. said five dams [and] three mega-canals were […]