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NDVI: A tool use in Precision Agriculture
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is a numerical indicator that is used for a visible and infrared band of electromagnetic spectrum. In precision agriculture the tool NDVI is use for…
Fauji Foods Ltd Signs MoU with NIFSAT
Fauji Foods Ltd and NIFSAT (National Institute of Food Science & Technology) – University of Agriculture Faisalabad, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation under the Academia Endowment Program,…
Agriculture contribution and problems in Pakistan
The Agriculture sector uninterrupted engages in recreation of Pakistanis economy since independence. In the early time, it considered a dominant sector but due to the declining its performance due to…
Role of Nanotechnology for the improvement of agriculture
Nanotechnology or a Nano science is a type of technology in which research on micro level. In this very sensitive and micro equipment or machine produced. We can understand this…
Climate impacts on Agriculture and Food Supply
Agriculture is an important sector of the Pakistan economy. The crops, livestock, and fisheries produced in Pakistan contribute more than 2284561 PKR Million to the economy each year. But now…
PCSIR commit in Agriculture, Energy & Industrial Sector
Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) has commit in industrial, agriculture and energy sector of the country through developing numerous technologies to embark the existing issues in these sectors during the…
Oganic Agriculture
Pakistan is an agricultural country with diverse agro-climatic conditions and plays an important role in its economy and development. Agriculture can be defined as process of cultivation of land for…
KP disclosed Rs17.6 billion mega agriculture package
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agriculture Department has disclosed a mega agriculture package worth billion to facilitate farmers, beekeepers, and horticulturists of the province. The package entitled, “Incentives plan for agriculture sector…
Pakistan has to adopt Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) can be defined as a technique of reorienting and transforming agricultural development with accordance to the new fact of climate change or Agriculture which sustainably enhances productivity, increases resilience (adaptation),…
FAO to help Pakistan develop climate-smart agriculture
Mehboob Sultan Minister for National Food Security and Research and FAO spokesperson to Pakistan Mina Dowlatchahi signed the country programming framework (2018-2022) agreement with three common development priorities, including zero…
Irrigation System and Efficiency in Agriculture Crops
Irrigation system provide explanation to the increase the production of the agricultural sector. The management operation of irrigation systems is important aspect to gain the success in the production of…
PSDE hold 34th AGM Conference for Quality Agriculture
The 34th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Conference of Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE) commenced with four corresponding technical sessions. The main agenda of AGM deliberate over momentous issues of "Agriculture and…
Potential Influence of Transgenic crops on Agriculture
Transgenic crops: It is a modern technique in which organisms are genetically modified through transfer of desirable recombinant DNA. In this technique, artificially inserted one or more genes into recombinant DNA…
NBP & UIC to support agriculture, livestock farmers sector
National Bank of Pakistan and United Insurance Company (UIC) has entered a deal to support the agriculture sector of the country to protect farmers from casualty. According to the agreement,…
Precision Agriculture: Tool for Maximizing Crop Yield
Precision agriculture is an approach to farm management that uses information technology to ensure that the crops and soil receive exactly what they need for optimum health and productivity. Precision…
Silicon used as pest control in Agriculture Crops
Silicon is the second most abundant element in the crust of the earth after oxygen, with a mean content of % (weight). It is essential part of plant tissues analysis…
Impacts of Irrigation & Climate Smart Agriculture
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF IRRIGATION AND CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE Muhammad Nazim1, Haseeba Maryam2 and Qurat-Ul-Ain Sadiq3 1*Department of Agronomy, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef, University of Agriculture Multan, 66000 Pakistan 2 Institute…