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Water resources in Pak evaporating speedily
By Technology Times at September 2, 2012 | 5:48 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: With the country slowly slipping down the scarcity benchmark, it will be facing a severe water crisis in coming years, which will also harm the agriculture sector. According to available statistics, the water availability, which stood at 5,300 cubic metres per person per year in 1950, dropped to almost 1,000 cubic metres in 2011, touching the globally more...
Climate change impacts on water resources management
By Technology Times at June 18, 2012 | 4:50 pm | 0 Comment
[caption id="attachment_17070" align="alignleft" width="116" caption="Islam Ul Haq"][/caption] WATER IS the primary medium through which climate change impacts ecosystem and people. Managing water resources to ensure a secure supply to growing populations is already a major challenge in many areas of the Asia/Pacific region. Glaciers melt in the Himalayas is more...
Water resources allocation may down next fiscal year
By Technology Times at June 10, 2012 | 6:00 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Funds for developing the all-important water resources have shrunk to about 13 per cent of total development budget for 2012-13 and this comes at a time when the country is going to enter the ranks of water-scarce countries with a significant gap between demand and supply. According to statistics, over the past five years, allocation for water resources more...
Pakistan fish, shrimp resources on the decline
By Technology Times at June 2, 2012 | 2:15 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT KHI: Pakistan is fast losing the fish resources as several species of fishes and shrimps have started disappearing especially along the country’s coasts, reveal fresh surveys conducted to assess the resources the country used to possess several year back. “Pakistan’s fish stocks are depleting at a rate of 15 per cent a year. Local fishermen, and not more...
Conference highlights vitality of alternate energy resources
By Technology Times at April 14, 2012 | 3:01 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT LHR: The alternate energy sources in Pakistan need to be utilized in order to meet the demand of the country. Pakistan is amongst the countries that divert the maximum amount of water for irrigation but has the minimum water productivity and researchers need to make their contribution in optimal use of water resources. This was the crux of the speeches more...
Speakers project wheat genetic resources
By Technology Times at April 2, 2012 | 3:58 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT HYB: Speakers at a series of lecture highlighted the importance of wheat breeding, originof wheat as well as production of synthetic wheat and its dispersal. The speakers said at a lecture organized by the Institute of Plant Sciences University of Sindh on "Wheat Genetic Resources and Integrated Science", which was presided over by Dean Faculty of Natural more...
Managing water resources
By Technology Times at March 24, 2012 | 11:18 am | 0 Comment
Last week, the world observed the International Water Day highlighting the importance of potable water, water-borne human as well as agriculture diseases and negative effects of contaminated water on environment. Water has proved to be the sole guarantee to the existence of life on earth. According to the United Nations, the proper management of water resources is key to more...
Exploring all resources for S&T research the only priority
By Technology Times at February 14, 2012 | 1:27 pm | 1 Comments
Akhlaq Ahmad Tarar is serving as Federal Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology. Carrying excellent academic background, he proved his mettle while holding key executive positions in various government departments. He has done his Master’s degree in Administrative Sciences from George Washington University, USA. In his current capacity, he displayed height of his more...
Pak water resources drying up
By Technology Times at January 23, 2012 | 5:29 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: China, India and Pakistan are three of the four top irrigators in the world, suffering from serious water problems. Pakistan has in most areas of agriculture a monsoon climate, and there might be abundant rainfall during the wet season and then a very long dry season where crop production depends very heavily on irrigation water. Groundwater, a more...
