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Security or financial slaughter?
By Technology Times at September 2, 2012 | 5:23 pm | 0 Comment
THE INDICATION by Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik before Eid-ul-Fitr of the government’s considering banning the pre-paid SIMs in the country and then saying only unregistered SIMs could be blocked, fearing militant elements can use these SIMs for subversive activities, and terming successful the blockade of cell phone services on the Eid especially in the cities more...
Green agriculture and food security
By Technology Times at July 30, 2012 | 7:03 pm | 0 Comment
Feeding to huge world population in the first half of this century while attending the needs of 925 million undernourished people and addressing climate change demands managed transitions in both conventional and traditional farming systems. Both farming systems are depleting natural capital and producing significant quantities of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) and more...
Having strong cyber security system need of the hour
By Technology Times at July 18, 2012 | 1:04 am | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: There is no dearth of material available in public domain related to cyber security, while ironically no initiative has so far been taken ensure cyber security. “Have we got a national strategy to secure our cyberspace. Have we got a programme aimed at cyber warfare,” said an expert on internet security related issues. He suggested that there more...
The retreating Himalayas: Food security on the line
By Technology Times at June 23, 2012 | 4:32 pm | 0 Comment
WHEN THE unparalleled rate of glacial retreat within the South Asian region isn’t checked, nations in the region will probably turn highly food-insecure. Pakistan’s latest Global Warming Policy clearly signifies that freshwater assets in Pakistan are determined by snow and glacial melting and monsoon rains each of which are highly responsive to the global more...
Efforts on to promote bio-tech to up productivity, food security
By Technology Times at June 18, 2012 | 5:37 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: The government is committed to promoting bio-technology for crop productivity enhancement and food security in the country and it has established bio-technology departments, at more than 90 per cent universities to create awareness and utility of modern bio-technological crops among the youth in the country. This was expressed by State Minister for more...
PARC on track to get food security target
By Technology Times at April 30, 2012 | 12:48 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Agricultural research is the key factor for achieving food security, and PARC is focusing on emerging issues for advancement of agriculture sector. “PARC would be taking care of germplasm availability, distribution and testing, rusty initiatives, global interactions, improve national wheat research system and coordination with provincial research more...
PARC – the custodian of food security
By Technology Times at March 24, 2012 | 11:37 am | 1 Comments
[caption id="attachment_14135" align="alignright" width="113" caption="Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed"][/caption] Governance: The overall decision making body of PARC is its Board of Governors (BoG), responsible for the control, direction and superintendence of PARC. The Board is assisted in its operation by a number of Committees. The Federal Minister for National Food Security more...
Science-based agri to ensure food security
By Technology Times at March 3, 2012 | 4:25 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Chairman of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) Dr Iftikhar Ahmad has said that science-based agriculture is key to ensuring food security in the country. He said this while speaking at a recently held international workshop titled ‘Promoting Science and Innovation in Agriculture’ organised by the Sindh Agriculture Department in more...
Static farm sector threat to food security
By Technology Times at February 6, 2012 | 1:25 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT FBD: The agricultural productivity of Pakistan remained stagnant for the last decade, raising a question mark over the food security amid the ever-increasing population. “Due to lack of value chain, marketing and traditional ways of farming are the main hurdle to the increment in agriculture productivity,” University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Vice more...
Research on rice vital for food security
By Technology Times at January 23, 2012 | 5:32 pm | 0 Comment
STAFF REPORT IBD: Feeding Asia in the 21st century will require a second green revolution, however, unlike in the first generation, future yield increases will have to come from crop varieties using less water and nitrogen in view of the global climate change. Experts say that this can be done only by increasing the efficiency of photosynthetic system, i.e. developing more...
