Issue · 2015
Vol.28, Iss. 1
12 articles · All issues →
ArticlesEFFECT OF MIXING LOW PALATABLE GRASS OF HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS WITH IPIL IPIL LEAVES ON DIGESTIBILITY IN GOATS
Maimoona Bashir, Imtiaz Ahmad Qamar, Muhammad Fateh Ullah Khan, Raheel Babar
The study was conducted at the National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan during 2012 to find out the effect of mixing low palatable grasses of Heteropogon contortus (HC), with tree leaves of Leucaena leucocephala (Ipil ipil, II) in the ratio o…
31 Mar 2018- Articles
WINTER FORAGE QUALITY OF OATS (AVENA SATIVA), BARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE) AND VETCH (VICIA SATIVA) IN PURE STAND AND CEREAL LEGUME MIXTURE
ZafarUllah, Muhammad Azim Malik, Muhammad Ansar, Shahzada Sohail Ijaz, Muhammad Rasheed
A field study was carried out for two consecutive years in subtropical rainfed conditions of Rawalpindi, Pakistan to evaluate the forage quality of oats, barley and vetch grown in pure stands and cereallegume mixtures. Treatments comprised oats pur…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
COMPARISON OF GYPSUM AND POTASSIUM SILICATE FOR RECLAMATION OF SALINE SODIC SOIL
Nosheen Zahra, Ghulam Sarwar, Sher Muhammad
Relative efficiency of gypsum, potassium silicate and their combinations at different levels for reclamation of saline sodic soil was tested. Treatments were replicated thrice. All pots were arranged according to completely randomized design and treatmen…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
IMPACT OF DIFFERENT PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES ON POSTHARVEST LOSSES OF STONE FRUITS IN SWAT PAKISTAN
Muhammad Shahzad, Ayesha Tahir, Naveed Jehan, Muhammad Luqman
Soft texture of stone fruits makes them prone to postharvest losses. Effect of different packaging materials on the texture of fruits also varies for their post-harvest losses. The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of wooden and ca…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ECONOMICS OF RED MEAT PRODUCTION IN PUNJAB
Arshed Bashir, Fatima Ahmad, Irfan Mehmood, Muhammad Qasim, Mazher Abbas, Sonila Hassan
This paper analyzes the cost and return estimates of red meat among different meat production systems namely subsistence rural farms, small sized specialized farm and commercial farms. Four districts of Punjab (Gujranwala and Sialkot from rice-wheat zone…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION ON INCOME INEQUALITY IN PAKISTAN
Muhammad Aamir Khan, Abdul Saboor, Rauf-i-Azam, Abdul Qayyum Mohsin, Fayyaz-ul-Hassan
Trade liberalization has long been recognized as a key element in sustainable development. Liberalized Trade has been adopted by many developing countries to increase economic growth and therefore reducing poverty. In this backdrop, the current study eva…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EFFECT OF MIXING LOW PALATABLE GRASSES AND IPIL IPIL LEAVES ON FORAGE QUALITY
Maimoona Bashir, Imtiaz Ahmad Qamar, Muhammad Fateh Ullah Khan, Abdul Razzaq
The study was conducted at the National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan to investigate the impact of mixing low palatable grasses namely Heteropogon contortus, Desmostachya bipinnata, Sorghum halepense and Chrysopogon aucheri with tree…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
WOMEN COTTON PICKERS PERCEPTIONS ABOUT HEALTH HAZARDS DUE TO PESTICIDE USE IN IRRIGATED PUNJAB
Mazher Abbas, Irfan Mehmood, Arshed Bashir, Muhammad Ather Mehmood, Sonila Hassan
In Pakistan, cotton crop has special importance from the perspective of largest employment generation both for males and females in the production and value chains. Cotton picking is primarily a female specific activity in all cropping zones of Pakistan.…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
PERCEPTION, APPROACHES AND PRACTICES OF LOCAL FARMING AND DEVELOPMENT: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH
Syeda Aimen Hadi, Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry, Aftab Ahmed, Shaheer Ellahi Khan
The study focused on recognizing the local approaches of farming in designing and implementation of development projects. These approaches are representative of a particular ecological, social, economical, and political system, shaped by the constraints…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
CLIMATE VARIABILITY IMPACTS ON RICE CROP PRODUCTION IN PAKISTAN
Usman Shakoor, Abdul Saboor, Irfan Baig, Anila Afzal, Abdul Rahman
The climate variability has affected the agriculture production all over the globe. This concern has motivated important changes in the field of research during the last decade. Climate changes are believed to have declining effects towards crop producti…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
GROWTH AND VARIABILITY IN AREA PRODUCTION AND YIELD OF SELECTED FRUIT CROPS IN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
Sajid Ali, Abdul Jabbar
Growth in agricultural production along with low variability is highly desirable. The objective of this study was to investigate growth and variability in area, production and yield of selected fruit crops including apple, peach, pear, and plum in Khyber…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
IMPROVED GROWTH, SEED YIELD AND QUALITY OF FENNEL (FOENICULUM VULGARE MILL.) THROUGH SOIL APPLIED NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS
Muhammad Ayub, Rizwan Maqbool, Muhammad Tahir, Zoaib Aslam, Muhammad Ather Nadeem, Muhammad Ibrahim
In Pakistan, fennel is conventionally grown without fertilizer. A field experiment, was conducted to study the effects of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer treatments (NP in ratio of 0:0, 30:0, -1 0:30, 30:15, 30:30, 60:30, 60:60, 90:45 and 90:90 kg ha…
31 Mar 2018