Tag Archives: Food

Technology has revolutionized agriculture at regular intervals, from the invention of the ox-drawn plough in ancient Egypt, to the first gas-powered tractor at the beginning of the 20th century. In the 1960s, the Green Revolution rolled out high-yielding cereal seeds, chemical fertilizers …

Out of the five challenges that the incumbent government will have to face after elections, population growth is the biggest, with extremism, economy, water shortages and civil/military relationship being the other four. Pakistan, with its limited family planning, has one …

  MAJOR WATER SECTOR PROJECTS UNDER IMPLEMENTATION IN PAKISTAN Project Location App. Cost (Rs. in million) Live Storage Irrigated Area (Acres) Status Basha Dam (Dam Part) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa & Gilgit Baltistan 510,000 6.40 – At initial stage Gomal Zam Dam …

There is a prevalent assumption that currency depreciation is a trigger for the rise in exports. This historically does not prove true when we discuss the economy of Pakistan. Dollar was trading for around Rs 60 in 2008 and exports …

Economists believe that growth in exports open various opportunities for any nation’s economy because exports are a main component of Gross Domestic Products (GDP). EXPORT RECEIPTS BY FOOD GROUP (Thousand US Dollar) Details Jan-18 (P) Feb-18 (P) Mar-18 (P) Apr-18 …

The UK’s food safety regime is not working properly. It is failing to ensure an acceptably safe food supply. Food poisoning rates are too high; confirmed cases of the Campylobacter bacteria, for example, increased by about 46% from 2008 to …

Pakistan has witnessed improvement in exporting food products during the last seven months of the current fiscal year 2018. It has exported food products worth $2.395 million in just 7 months which was up by 18.8 percent as compared to …

Food insecurity Pakistan has one of the world’s most impressive agricultural systems but it has not used it well or not being able to manage properly. Agriculture sector is still the dominant sector of the economy with profound impact on …

Pakistan at the time of its birth had hardly enough arable land and surface water resources to achieve food security. The Mangla Dam and other associated water infrastructure were constructed, and a massive land-clearing and reclamation effort was undertaken. The …

Agriculture and food security in Pakistan highly vulnerable to climate change impact Edible imported oil and fuel oil are threat to food security Pakistan needs sustainable means to grow food and adopt technological innovations and must create awareness and understanding …