Wrong priorities, this time again!
According to the US Energy Information Administration estimates, Pakistan keeps huge deposits of shale gas and shale oil. If…
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Sustainable Agriculture: often debated, rarely understood
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE became popular after the concept of modernization in agriculture. According to this concept, sustainable agriculture…
Feeding the world with agricultural biotechnology
USE OF biological processes for industrial and other purposes, especially in genetic manipulation of plants and other…
Exotic oilseed crops are need of the time
PAKISTAN IS chronically deficient in edible oil production and domestic production is not enough to meet the…
Policy shifts are must for water sustainability: Speakers
START REPORT KHI: The water resources of Pakistan are becoming extensively scarce and there is a…
Biogas: The prolific renewable energy resource of modern day
BIOGAS NORMALLY refers to a mixture of different gases produced by the breakdown of organic matter in…
Olive cultivation potential in Pakistan
THE OLIVE cultivation is reported 50,000 to 60,000 years back in Syria, Iraq, Palestines, etc. Its medicinal…
Efforts required for curtailing edible oil import
PAKISTAN IS facing the edible oil scarcity and consequently has to depend on imports to meet domestic…
Message from David Molden Director-General of ICIMOD on International Day for Biological Diversity
EACH YEAR, ICIMOD joins the world on the International Day for Biological Diversity to appreciate the world’s rich diversity…
Food irradiation-an advanced food preservation technique
FOOD is a fundamental need of human since his creation. To preserve, save and enhance the shelf…
Biodiversity conservation and sustainable development
BIODIVERSITY INCLUDES all species of flora and fauna on earth, their gene pool, and the ecosystems where…
Need to reprioritise energy options
With the unprecedented slump in prices of petroleum products in international market, a new energy landscape is unfolding for…