There are many issues that need to be addressed to make the local agriculture tech-friendly Agriculture contributes around 20 per …
Agricultural challenges: Declining soil fertility threatens crop production
LAHORE: Owing to the unbalanced and insufficient use of fertilisers, the natural reserves of organic matter in the land has dropped …
KE & Engro To Set Up Karachi’s First Garbage-to-Electricity Plant
In order to reduce the climate change impacts by converting Karachi’s municipal solid waste into an indigenous and renewable resource …
BRI states reject West’s China ‘debt trap’ theory
BEIJING – Pakistan and other member countries of Belt and Road Initiative have rejected the West’s conspiracy theory …
Farmer turns Pakistan’s sand dunes green
One farmer has pioneered drip irrigation to transform desert into a fruit orchard in Punjab – but at a cost …
Second unit of CPEC power plant connected to grid
KARACHI: The second unit of the 660-megawatt China Power Hub Generation Company (CPHGC) coal-fired power plant was synchronised with the national …
Pakistan emerges as major partner of BRI
BEIJING : Pakistan has emerged as a leading partner of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) introduced by President Xi …
Producing food whilst preserving biodiversity
Agricultural ecologists call for joined-up thinking for nature conservation In nature conservation and agriculture, there are two opposing views of …
Pakistan’s exports to China grow 3.93pc in 8 months
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s exports of goods and services to China grew by 3.93 percent during the first eight months of …
Pakistan to get advanced tech under CPEC: Cheng
BEIJING – Special Economic Zones (SEZs) will enable Pakistan to get foreign capital and advanced technology, said Professor Cheng Xizhong …
Digital agriculture: New tools for science on the farm
BY LUKIE PIETERSE The value of “connected agriculture” in making life easier for farmers, and helping them reduce the environmental impact …