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Thursday, February 27, 2014
Agriculture sector opposes granting NDMA/MFN status to India
The Agriculture Task Force (ATF) of Pakistan-India Joint Business Forum (PIJBF) is vehemently opposition granting Non-Discriminatory Market Access/Most Favoured Nation (NDMA/MFN) to Asian country at this stage. President, Farmers Associates West Pakistan (FAP) and Co-Chair of Agriculture Task force, PIJBF, Tariq Bucha in an exceedingly letter sent to the federal commerce minister has highlighted that agriculture sector, that is far and away the...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Is your organic produce really pesticide-free?
The unimaginable success and sustained growth of the organic movement over the past many decades has LED to several positive changes for the overall food offer, that embrace the enhanced convenience of unpolluted food. however there's a standard misperception among several within the natural health community that every one organic food, and significantly all organic manufacture, is adult mistreatment fully no pesticides, herbicides, or different...
Canadian government to review 23 pesticides banned in Europe
Have any plan of what percentage chemicals are introduced into our environments since WWII? A half-decade agone, the count* was over eighty,000. Some square measure used for large atomic number 47, some square measure in medicines and processed foods, toys and home items, and a few of them square measure within the air and water. Industrial chemicals, most of that square measure barely tested by the those that build them, square measure omnipresent....
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Grow your own pharmaceuticals
It's very straightforward to grow powerful medicines which will lower your sterol, shield your heart, scale back your risk of upset, enhance system perform, and shield you from polygenic disease and lots of different chronic diseases. each plant could be a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant provided naturally. It's sort of a multi-million dollar pharmaceutical laboratory that takes raw materials and converts them into healing medicines. It will this...
IDA may give $160 million for rehabilitation of barrages in Sindh
International Development Association (IDA) can possible provide to produce $160 million for Sindh Barrages Improvement Phase-I Project to safeguard the reliable supply of water to regarding a million hectares through the rehabilitation of the Guddu barrage and therefore the improvement of O&M capability of the Irrigation and Power Department. According to IBRD report, Pakistan's agricultural sector is sort of altogether enthusiastic...
Olive Cultivation-Bringing Peace to FATA
Olive Plantation Initiatives 45% land of FATA is suitable for olive cultivation (GIS study conducted by IOA and PODB) Most suitable areas includes –Bajaur 79,899 ha (53.4 %) –Mohmand 75,167 ha (34.2 %) –Kurram 93,676 ha (19.1 %) –SWA 37,134 ha (6.4 %) –NWA 51,319 ha (15.3 %) Why Olive Plantation • Plant of Marginal land • Minimum land preparation cost • Minimum inputs cost • High rate of return • Simple value addition...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Growers urged to complete sunflower sowing
Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) has warned the growers to immediately complete sunflower sowing as further delay will result in lower per acre yield. A spokesman of the Department said here on Monday that best time for spring plantation of sunflower in Southern Punjab including Multan, Bahawalpur and Dera Ghazi Khan Division is till February 10. While in Sahiwal, Faisalabad and Sargodha Division best time for sowing is till February 15 and for...
What is Ebb and Flow Hydroponics and How Does it Work?
Ebb and flow hydroponics is a method of growing plants hydroponically that is known for its reliability, simplicity of operation and low cost of investment. Pots or a flood tray are filled with a grow media such as gravel, clay pellets, lava rock etc. These do not function like soil or add nutrition to the plants but will anchor the roots and will function as a temporary reserve of water and nutrients. The hydroponic solution floods the system four...
DAAM win 3rd Position in Pakistan Nature Carnival at PAF museum
Overview: WWF-Pakistan in collaboration with Horlicks Pakistan organised a fun-filled Nature Carnival at PAF Museum. The Nature Carnival attracted up to 30,000 individuals from various walks of life. There were over 150 stalls set-up by schools, colleges and universities. The main competition revolved around 3D models set up by students of schools and universities. Expert judges including foresters, conservationists, and environmental historians...
Monday, February 17, 2014
Hydroponic growing leads to tastier vegetables
Growing vegetables hydroponically leads to a more expensive, but tastier veggie, cumberlink.com reports. Tomatoes are the king crop in hydroponics because of the demand for them in early spring and late fall when field tomatoes aren't available. The challenge is to sell them at $2.99 per pound when field tomatoes are going for 99 cents, says Mark Toigo, 42, who has run hydroponic greenhouses for the last 15 years, among other duties, at the...
Food security under threat despite surplus food
Despite the country is enjoying surplus crops especially of wheat and rice, the food security seems extremely chaotic, as high inflation, declining income, unequal distribution of resources and stagnating domestic productivity are hampering attempts to achieve food security. Experts are critically examining this situation giving a warning that the country’s food security is under threat due to the shallow approach of the economic managers. ...
Initiatives for corporate farming
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan enrolled 19 companies in corporate agricultural farming last month. Most of them are in seed, poultry and feed businesses. It is, however, not immediately clear if any of these plan to invest in the vegetable and crop sector. Nevertheless, a growing number of companies are enrolling in corporate farming, which has revived hopes of fresh investment in different areas of agriculture in Punjab, Sindh...
Agricultural technologies can increase global crop yields by 67pc
Pakistan, which has an agrarian economy, is not equipped to adapt to climate change because of its low technological and resource base. It has suffered a loss of billions because of the floods in recent years. A new strategy is required to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The increased demand for food due to population and income growth and the impacts of climate change on agriculture will ratchet up the pressure for increased...
Zinc: Importance and Current situation
Zaghum Sattar & Abdul Saboor Butt Institute of soil & Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Zinc (Zn) is among those minerals that were first considered as essential for plants, animals and human. Zn is a basic essential trace mineral element for normal healthy growth in plants, animals and humans that uptake as a divalent cation (Zn2+) by plants. Zn is playing principal metabolically role in plants and required...
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Indian family makes a breakthrough in hydroponics
by Mike Adams Hydroponics, the practice of growing plants in water instead of soil, received a giant lift from a New Delhi family that created a purely organic nutrient mix that has sustained tomatoes and Arjun. Original source: http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu5&leftindx=5&lselect=2&chklogin=N&autono=202585 Details An Indian hobbyist has created a purely organic nutrient mixture...
Monday, February 10, 2014
10 tips for companion planting for natural pest control and organic sustainability
Companion planting for pest control and to encourage plants to grow with more vigor has fascinated men for centuries; however, few backyard gardeners know how to use these natural methods for organic sustainability and how to improve your garden. Plants that work together to help one another grow; plants that repel insects for organic pest management; and plants that repel other plants for natural herbicide control are of great value to both small...
Pakistan participates in Fruit Logistica-2014 Fair in Berlin
As many as 13 Pakistani companies participated in the world's leading international fresh produce trade fair, Fruit Logistica-2014, this year in Berlin that ended on Saturday. Pakistani exhibitors were optimistic of substantial increase in export of fresh produce from Pakistan as they made good contacts with the international buyers of fruit and vegetable products. Buyers from Russia showed keen interest in Pakistani potatoes whereas Pakistani...
GMO challenges: Ministry asked to call crucial meeting
The Federal Law Ministry has finally given a ruling, asking Climate Change Ministry to convene a meeting of National Bio-Safety Committee for granting approval to the long-awaited 15 Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) of cotton varieties for commercialisation, sources revealed. Well-placed sources revealed to Business Recorder that Textile division had approached Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif after the reportedly delaying tactics by the Climate...
Thursday, February 06, 2014
Irrigation officers directed to overcome water theft
Secretary Irrigation and MD PIDA Malik Hassan Iqbal has directed the field officers to take consolidated measures for overcoming water theft across the province. Water theft is a heinous crime which affects agri-production, it is important to ensure equitable distribution of water, he added. He stated this while presiding over a meeting held to review departmental performance at Irrigation Department Headquarters. Additional Secretary (Operation)...
SBP enhances per acre limits for crops financing
State Bank of Pakistan has enhanced per acre limits for major and minor crops, orchards and forestry. According to revised report on Indicative Credit Limits & List of Eligible Items for Agri Financing, under major corps, financing limits per acre for rice, wheat, cotton and sugarcane have been increased to Rs 34,000, Rs 29,000, Rs 39,000 and Rs 53,000, respectively from existing limits of Rs 19,000, Rs 16,000, Rs 21,000 and Rs 30,000 fixed in...
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
Politicians urged to show maturity on Kalabagh Dam issue
Multan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) has said that politicians should show their maturity on national issues like Kalabagh Dam, energy crisis, trade with neighbouring countries and achieving the goal of GSP-plus status. MCCI lauded the expression of political maturity and avoiding the politics of avenge by the leaders of the government and the opposition while inaugurating the Thar Coal Power Project worth around Rs 1.5 trillion. The...
Monday, February 03, 2014
Basic concepts in crop production
AGRONOMY Scientific crop production is called Agronomy. CROP Community of plants to produce yield, which are economically important, called Crop. OBJECTIVES OF CROP To provide the food to the human beings and also useful to animals. GENOTYPE Genotype are the new varieties and cultivars. Poor yield = poor genotype + good environment...
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