KARACHI: The central bank has given the go-ahead to Islamic banks which can now offer cheaper refinancing to three priority areas …
UVAS Pattoki Campus sets up drip irrigation plant
PATTOKI – Just 82 kilometers off to Lahore, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Pattoki Campus has set up …
Pakistan earned $451m from fisheries products’ export in 2017-18
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan earned $451 million by exporting 198,420 metric tonnes of fish and fisheries products during 2017-18. Minister for …
Olive farming gets boost
ISLAMABAD : Olive farming in Pakistan has received a strong boost with the arrival of 100,000 olive plants from Spain …
Smart agriculture will boost economy
Smart agriculture has the potential to help farmers increase their yields through adoption of modern, technologically enabled farming methods, President …
Tanzanian gov’t to spend 4.3 mln USD for oil palm farming
Tanzania has set aside 4.3 million U.S. dollars to boost cultivation of oil palm as part of its strategy to …
Contamination free cotton
Joint Director of Pakistan Cotton Standards Institute (PCSI), Mian Zawwar Hussain has said a Programme will be launched to promote …
How to fight climate change in agriculture while protecting jobs
Laxmi Pant, University of Guelph Agriculture has become a carbon-intensive endeavour. Crop, livestock and fossil fuel use in agriculture account …
Nespak’s role in water resources development and dam engineering
Amid the threat that the next wars would be fought over water, the importance of water is increasing with every …
12 hybrid rice varieties to be available from July
ISLAMABAD: At least twelve new hybrid rice varieties will be available to farmers for cultivation during the next Kharif crop …
Pak-China co-op in agriculture under CPEC
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan and China have decided to expedite cooperation in the field of agriculture under China Pakistan Economic Corridor …