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Lands can be made cultivable by controlling water logging
By Technology Times at April 14, 2012 | 2:50 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT BHV: The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will soon initiate projects to improve soil quality in areas with saline and water-logged soils, FAO country representative Dr Kevin Gallagher said on Monday. “Most of these projects would be implemented in southern districts of the Punjab. Salinity and water scarcity are global issues and need to be tackled more...
Pakistan: Cultivable waste land for agriculture graduates
By Technology Times at January 23, 2012 | 4:16 pm | 0 Comment
By Dr Badaruddin Soomro via The Dawn ABOUT FOUR million acres of cultivable land in Sindh are not being brought under plough mainly due to various administrative and financial problems. These lands should be given to unemployed agriculture graduates, 50 acres each, on lease basis initially for five years. This will not only generate employment for almost 80,000 more...
