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Sunday, December 16, 2012
The Modern Face Of Farming In The UK
John HutchinsonLPS Special
Correspondent
FEW nations have seen such enormous changes in their
farming industry as the United Kingdom. Recent decades have not only brought
farmers more than their fair share of drought and flood but also powerful new
pressures on their livelihoods that their grandfathers, 50 years ago, could
never have imagined.These pressures are generated by the modern world’s
economic, environmental and consumer forces...
کاشتکاروں نئے گندم کی امدادی قیمت کو مسترد کرتے
23 نومبر، 2012: پاکستان ایگری فورم 1،200 روپے کے نئے گندم کی امدادی قیمت فی 40 کلوگرام کو رد کر دیا ہے، جمعرات کو اقتصادی سمنوی کمیٹی (ای سی سی) کی طرف سے اعلان اور کسانوں کے لیے ہیڈ اخراجات کے طور پر 1،300 روپے کی امدادی قیمت کا مطالبہ کیا کے دوران کافی اضافہ ہوا ہے گزشتہ ایک سال. بزنس ریکارڈر، ابراہیم مغل سے بات چیت کرتے ہوئے، چیئرمین پاکستان ایگری فورم نے کہا کہ بار بار کی درخواستوں کے باوجود گندم کی امدادی قیمت کے اعلان بوائی مدت کے بعد کیا...
گورنمنٹ گندم کی امدادی قیمت کے فیصلے پر نظرثانی کرنے پر زور
30 نومبر، 2012: پاکستان فلور ملز (PFMA) ایسوسی ایشن پنجاب حکومت پر زور دیا کہ گندم کی امدادی قیمت میں اضافہ کے طور پر یہ پہلے سے ہی بحران آٹے کی گھسائی کرنے والی صنعت کے تحت نہ صرف برباد کر دے گا کے اپنے فیصلے کا جائزہ لینے کے بلکہ کے لئے آٹے کی قیمتوں میں ناقابل برداشت اضافہصارفین. PFMA پنجاب کے چیئرمین چوہدری عبدالجبار عاصم احمد رضا، لیاقت علی خان اور میاں ریاض سمیت جبکہ بدھ کے روز ایک پریس کانفرنس سے خطاب کرتے ہوئے کیا دیگر PFMA رہنماؤں کے...
Poor Cucumbers Deserve Some Respect
A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing .
Have you heard the phrase ‘cool as a cucumber’? Although cucumbers get added in your menus during the warm summer months when they are in season but they are also available year-round. It’s because they are rich in dietary fiber and have cold effect. It’s high water content gives it a very unique moist and cooling taste.Cucumbers are...
AAB monitoring device, cultural practices and chemicals for management of mango tree mortality
By Dr.
R. D. Khuhro, Dr. S. M. Nizamani, M. M. Jiskani and M. A. TalpurFaculty of
Crop Protection, Sindh Agriculture University TandojamMango,
Mangifera indica is one of the important fruits of Pakistan which is
exported to many countries such as Dubai, Saudi Arabia, UK, Germany, France,
Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Singapore and Malaysia. It is known as “King of
Fruits” and is consumed both by poor and rich people in various forms. Mango is...
Mango Varieties
Chaunsa
Mango:
Flesh firm, fibreless with pleasant flavour and sweet taste. Juice
moderately adundant. Fruit quality good, keeping good quality. Ripening season
in August.
Season: July -
SeptemberOrigin: Rahim Yar Khan & MultanColor:
GoldFlavor: Slight perfumeFiber: 17.2 - 27.3%Sugar
Content: 18 - 22%Pulp Gravity: HeavyMoisture Content:
78% after ripening; 81% before...
Modernization of poultry farming
By Asif Maqbool, Naeem Sarwar and Khuda
BakshEvery community in the world is
responsible to provide its residents adequate food and guarantee them freedom
from hunger and malnutrition.It becomes
especially important when about 15-20 per cent of the world population is still
unable to obtain sufficient food to meet minimum nutritional requirements for a
healthy and productive life. The current poor nutritional status is due
to lack of sufficient...
Pre –Brooding Management of chicks
By Mohsin ShabbirUniversity of
Agriculture,Faisalabad,PakistanDEFINITION
All the
managemental practices before brooding or before receiving the chicks in other
sense various measures, which we provide in preparation for new-hatched chicks
arriving at our farm.
We will study different factors, which play very important role in
the process of pre-brooding management and main purpose of this process is to
avoid different diseases,...
Wheat: Planning for better yield (بہتر پیداوار کے لئے منصوبہ بندی: گندم)
The wheat is sown the world over
on an area touching 220 million hectares producing 600 million tons with an
average of 2700 kg. of grain per hectare. The Main land China brings 30
million hectares the largest are in the world followed by Russian Federation,
India, USA, Australia, Canada, Turkey and Pakistan. As far as the
highest yield is concerned, France produces 7200 kg per hectare. Who leads other
countries because it has much longer...
Wheat
Wheat
Wheat (Triticum spp.) is a worldwide
cultivated grass from the Fertile Crescent region of the Near East. In 2007
world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third
most-produced cereal after maize (784 million tons) and rice (651 million tons).
Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, flat and steamed
breads, biscuits, cookies, cakes, breakfast cereal, pasta, noodles, or biofuel.
Wheat is planted...
FAP for Rs 1400 per 40kg wheat support price
November 16, 2012Farmers Associates Pakistan (FAP) has
recommended the government to fix the wheat support price around Rs 1,400 per 40
kilograms for the next crop, warning that in other case farmers may go for other
crops which fetch more profit. This was disclosed at FAP's 121st meeting held
here the other day chaired by Afaq Ahmad Tiwana (CEO) along with President Dr
Tariq Bucha.The meeting basically discussed the emerging importance of...
Genomics to improve farming
By
Ijaz Ahmad Rao
Biotechnology is having an increasingly
important impact on various sectors and disciplines. Combined with genomics,
proteomics and metabolomics, biotechnology can greatly aid our ability to
confront the challenges of production, management, and sustainability of
agriculture and economic development.It can enhance crops yield and
quality, develop stress-tolerant crop varieties, improve nutritional content of
foods and...
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