The open-burning of agriculture residues has many negative effects which include changes in the soil’s physical, chemical and biological properties …
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 …
Understanding how crop diseases and climate change interact is vital
In the past 150 years, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen from 280 parts per million (ppm) …
Climate change kills 98% insects in Puerto Rico’s rain forest: study
This decline will majorly impact the forest plantation and the animals living there By Akshit Sangomla Climate change is massively affecting the …
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 …
A fifth of the world’s healthy land degraded in 15 years
First land degradation assessment report by UNCCD shows countries in emergency mode to halt land degradation by 2030 By Richard Mahapatra …
Climate change poses threat to sugarcane crop
MULTAN – Climate change is affecting production of sugarcane and there is dire need to develop such varieties as could …
Climate change impacts agriculture in the northern Himalayas
by Aditi Pinto Unseasonal rain and snowfall are impacting agriculture in Himachal Pradesh. Normal snowfall at the right time is beneficial …
Climate change assessment: Hotter, wetter Midwest threatens human health, agriculture
Climate change impacts already underway in the United States are projected to intensify, according to the Fourth National Climate Assessment published Friday. …
Re-Charge Pakistan: PM Imran approves project for utilization of flood waters
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday approved a proposed project named “Re-Charge Pakistan” for better management and utilization of …