ISLAMABAD, Dec16: There is an urgent need of collaboration among academicians and researchers in order to determine actionable and creative research agenda for socio-economic growth of Pakistan and make the development more durable, said Dr …

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA, December 4: Findings from the most comprehensive assessment to date on climate change, snow and glacier melt in Asia’s mountainous Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region—site of Mount Everest and many …

CHACHRO/UMERKOT: The current wave of the devastating torrential monsoon rains in Tharparkar district has emerged to be the worst human catastrophe in the desert’s history, rendering hundreds of thousands Tharis displaced and has swept away …

Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party leader Sharmila Farooqui said that his party is very much committed to land reforms in the country and empowerment of small farmers, who account for lion’s share in country’s overall agriculture …

Islamabad: Around 250 farmers from different parts of the country, with the support of Pakistani NGOs and the international aid agency, Oxfam today launched a ‘Farmers’ Charter of Demands’. The wish list calls upon the …

ISLAMABAD: PASSCO and the provincial food departments has procured 84.37 percent wheat of the target set for 2010-11, official sources said. In total 5,543,315 tons were procured till date while the procurement target set …

The Northern Areas of Pakistan, defined in general terms, cover the districts of Gilgit, Diamer, Ghizer, Ghanche and Skardu. Nature has endowed the area with high peaks and large glaciers concentrated in a relatively small …

The decrease of water resources in Pakistan has been a major concern for over a decade. Multiple global and local organizations such as the UN, IUCN and the Pakistani Government have been studying and strategizing …

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has called upon agricultural scientists to gear up their research efforts to produce high yielding, disease resistant and water conserving seeds of country’s major crops. This he said during a …

Pakistan agriculture sector under threat and can lead to food insecurity
Water shortage will increase to 108 maf by 2013 and 151 maf by 2025 from the existing 40 maf shortfall
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is rapidly marching …