LAHORE: Punjab Agriculture Secretary Wasif Khurshid has emphasised that improvement in efficiency of irrigation pumps will help conserve energy and curb …
Alibaba Cloud makes agriculture “smarter” with Agricultural Brain
Farms in China are getting a whole lot smarter, thanks to Alibaba Cloud, which developed a new digital tool that …
Australia cuts wheat production forecast
With dry weather predicted along Australia’s East coast, the country’s top commodity agency on June 12 reduced its 2018-19 wheat …
Global warming will make vegetables harder to find
TAMPA – Global warming is expected to make vegetables significantly scarcer around the world, unless new growing practices and resilient …
Irrigation efficiency key to ending Indus water shortages
“For most countries of the world, agriculture is the biggest user of water and the biggest cause of water shortages. …
Blockchain to Track & Trace from Factory to Farm – A Fight against Spurious Agriculture Inputs
The agriculture has been the backbone of the Indian economy for decades, while it’s share has eroded continuously over past …
Big investors urge G7 to step up climate action, shift from coal
Institutional investors with $26 trillion in assets under management called on Group of Seven leaders on Monday to phase out …
Grain production to be doubled to 20 million tonnes in next five years
Food grain output will be doubled to 20 million tonnes in five years, the government said in its budget statement …
Steps in place to promote agriculture sector
SIALKOT – Punjab government has launched a comprehensive programme for promoting agriculture sector on modern lines and to save irrigation water …
FAO stresses the need for a National Biotechnologies Policy and provincial strategies in Pakistan
The world marks 22 May as the International Day for Biological Diversity. Today, there is an array of agricultural biotechnologies …
FAO builds capacity of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics to collect reliable data for achieving Zero Hunger
The One UN Programme 2018-2021, jointly developed by UN partners in close consultation with Government under the One UN initiative …