Tag Archives: Agriculture

All over the world, agriculture is threatened by degraded soils. Stripped of carbon from intensive farming, soils erode more easily, host fewer microbes and hold less water and nutrients. Fertilisers and pesticides applied to improve crop yields can leach beneath …

Heavy rains and floods in China and Europe have recently dominated headlines around the globe. Most-affected was China’s Henan province, home to one-tenth of country’s total agriculture output and 36% of China’s total primary Lead capacity (used in batteries) and …

Farming robots that can move autonomously in an open field or greenhouse promise a cleaner, safer agricultural future. But there are also potential downsides, from the loss of much-needed jobs to the safety of those working alongside the robots. To …

The world is at a crossroads, as humanity tries to mitigate climate change and halt biodiversity loss, while still securing a supply of food for everyone. A recent study in Nature Communications shows that global demands for commodities, especially in …

Analysis of Economic Survey of Pakistan showed that agriculture is still the largest sector of the economy of Pakistan as its contribution to GDP has gradually declined to 19.3 percent, however, there is a lot of potential in the sector …

Perhaps because there are no chimney stacks belching smoke, the contribution of the world’s farms to climate change seems somehow remote. But agriculture accounts for a staggering 26% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Tractors running on diesel release carbon dioxide …

Interview with Muhammad Farooq Afzal — President/CEO, ITN Group of Companies PAGE: How would you comment on the socio-economic development in Pakistan over the period of last 7 decades? Muhammad Farooq Afzal: Pakistan has progressed from a low-income to a lower middle-income …

In Pinduoduo’s Smart Agriculture Competition, four technology teams competed with traditional farmers over four months to grow strawberries. Data analysis, intelligent sensors and greenhouse automation helped the scientists win. Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies such as AI are forecast to deliver …

There is no denying the fact that Pakistan is an agrarian economy. Since more than 20 percent share in the national GDP comes from the agrarian sector, the precedence must have been given to this sector long ago. However, it …

For years, conventional wisdom has held that roots don’t grow as deep in hard soil because it’s just too difficult for them to physically push through it. But our new research has unearthed another reason: their growth is controlled by …

Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited (FFC) is the largest fertilizer manufacturing and marketing company in Pakistan. It was incorporated on 08 May, 1978 as a joint venture between Fauji Foundation, Pakistan and M/s Haldor Topsoe A/S of Denmark. The Production from …

Scientists know that biodiversity is declining across much of the world although less universally and dramatically than we feared. We also know that things are likely to get worse in the future, with a combination of habitat loss, climate change …