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ArticlesPotential of agroforestry and constraints faced by the farmers in its adaptation in district Peshawar, Pakistan
Syed Farooq Shah, Nowsherwan Zarif, Zahid Rauf, Anwar Ali, Ghayyas Ahmed, Basheer Ahmed et al.
Agroforestry provides the exceptional potential to boost biodiversity, stop land degradation, and reduce poverty, especially in developing nations, but the reasons why farmers don't use it are not well understood. A variety of biotic and abiotic variables are…
25 May 2024- Articles
Impact assessment of slope stabilization measures on vegetation attributes in Kalam forest division
Ashar Farooq, Shakeel Ahmad
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the various vegetation attributes regarding slope stabilization measures carried out in Kalam Forest Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In Billion Tree Afforestation Project certain targets were given to the Khyber Pakhtunk…
25 May 2024 - Articles
A study of the practice of lopping of Chir pine in the Marghazar valley (Swat)
Ghayyas Ahmad, Arifullah Awan, Muhammad Imran
A study of the common and age-old practice of lopping of Chir pine (Pinus roxburghii) in the Marghazar valley (Swat) was conducted through a social survey of the local population. Factors involved in the practice of lopping such as the purpose of lopping, awar…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Impact of agroforestry on the livelihood of farmers in district Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Afra Siab, Saif Ullah Khan, Anwar Ali, Nowsherwan Zarif, Basheer Ahmad, Salman Ahmad
Agroforestry, a term, involves the deliberate growing of trees and shrubs with crops and/or animals in interacting combinations for a variety of objectives. Historically, farmers often retained trees on their farms to sustain agricultural production, reduce so…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Farmers attitude towards agroforestry in tehsil Razzar and Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Muhammad Rayyan, Basheer Ahmad, Anwar Ali, Nowsherwan Zarif, Saif Ullah1 Khan, Salman Ahmad
In the wake of global overpopulation, agroforestry has the potential to help sustain agriculture, livelihoods, ecology, and food security. It is, however, difficult to implement sustainable agroforestry practices because it is necessary to understand the chara…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Title page and contents of Vol.71(1), 2021
TitleVol.71(1)
Title page and contents of Vol.71(1), 2021.
25 May 2024 - Articles
Assessment of public awareness on climate change in urban community, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Maaha Malik, Muzakir Shah, Muhammad Naqash, Mamoona Wali Muhammad, Safdar Ali Shah, Bushra Khan et al.
This study was conducted to observe the public awareness on climate change in urban community District Peshawar during the year 2020. The global Climate change has emerged as a challenge faced by every nation in the world. This has badly affected every country…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Phytochemical analysis of nutraceutical plants selected from hilly area of Pakistan
Sanam Zarif Satti, Tanvir Ahmad Quereshi, Mehwish Zarif, Iftikhar Ahmad
Five wild medicinal plants viz: Bacopa monnieri, Bauhinia variegata, Berberis aristata, Caltha alba, Cordia oblique were collected from different areas of Abbotabad, Murree, Swat and Kashmir in the month of May-June analyzed for their nutraceutical potential.…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Study on economic benefits of eucalyptus plantations to the local communities of district Malakand
Muhammad Yousaf Khan, Pervez Manan
Eucalyptus is the most widely propagated tree species throughout the world, because of its adoptability to site, types of management systems, multipurpose nature and fast growth the Eucalyptus was introduced in Sub-Continent in late 18th century for the first…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Comparison of wood anatomy of different Paulownia species grown in Pakistan
Khalid Hussain, G. M. Nasir, Tanvir Hussain
Imperative analysis of ring growth rate, heartwood percentage and anatomical properties of locally grown species Paulownia catalpifolia, Paulownia elongata, Paulownia fortune and Paulownia tomentosa was carried out in order to observe the extent of variations.…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Physical and chemical evaluation of the morels habitat in Utror valley Kalam district Swat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Syed Fazal Baqi Kakakhel
The study was under taken as a Research Project for partial fulfillment of the degree of M.Sc Forestry Extension from Allam Iqbal Open University Islamabad. Prior to conserve Morels, studying physical and chemical parameters of Morels habitat are one of the pr…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Growth potential and biomass production of reseeded range grasses in Kherimurat scrub forest
Asad Abbas Khan, Amina Batool, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Ehtesham Asghar, Abdul Ghafoor, Muhammad Arif
Rangelands are pivotal renewable natural resource and grazing is an efficient way of its utilization. Presently these rangelands are desecrated continuously because of high human impact. Contemporary necessity is to reinstate the forage potential by increasing…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Growth potential and biomass production of reseeded range grasses in Kherimurat scrub forest
Asad Abbas Khan, Amina Batool, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Ehtesham Asghar, Abdul Ghafoor, Muhammad Arif
Rangelands are pivotal renewable natural resource and grazing is an efficient way of its utilization. Presently these rangelands are desecrated continuously because of high human impact. Contemporary necessity is to reinstate the forage potential by increasing…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Plant species composition, forage production and carrying capacity of Rakh Dagar Kotli rangeland (Thal Desert)
Ashar Farooq, Mubashir Hassan
Data were collected from Rakh Dagar Kotli rangeland of Thal desert to determine the plant species composition, forage production and carrying capacity of the area to evaluate the current condition of the rangeland. Systematic sampling with random start procedu…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Estimation of forage biomass and carrying capacity in seeded and unseeded range of Rakh Choti Dalana, D. G. Khan
Muhammad Farrukh Lateef, Asad Abbas Khan, Muhammad Arif
Data were collected from Rakh Choti Dalana of D. G. Khan to determine the Forage Biomass and carrying capacity in seeded and unseeded area to evaluate the current condition of the Rakh. Line transect method was applied and quadrat was used to collect the data.…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Testing and evaluation of some low value wood species grown in Kalam (Swat), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Tanvir Hussain, Zahid Rauf, G. M. Nasir
A study was carried out to find the technological properties supportive to improve quality of three lesser known wood species before utilization grown in Kalam, Swat. Standard samples and wood sections were prepared from butt logs of each species to observe th…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Properties and utilization potential of common ash (Fraxinus excelsior)
Nasim Abbas, M. Yousaf Khan, Tanvir Hussain, Muhammad Zahid
Various Technological properties of common Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) present at northern areas of Pakistan, especially Neelum valley, were determined to find out better utilization by standard laboratory methods. Permanent slides of cross, radial and tangential…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Spotlight species on: Juniperus excelsa, M.Bieb.
Muhammad Shabir Mughal
Juniperus excelsa, M. Bieb. (Himalayan pencil cedar. Snober, Obust) is a member of family Cupressaceae of Gymnosperms. It is dioecious, medium sized, evergreen tree, bark reddish-brown to grey, vertically fissured, exfoliating in fibrous strips. Leaves of two…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Poplar a handsome source of farmer income - A case study of district Mardan, KP, Pakistan
Alam Zeb, Fawad Habib, Sajid, Tilawat Khan
This research was conducted to do financial analysis of poplar plantation in District Mardan. Data was collected through a well-designed pre-tested questionnaire. A total of 60 respondents including 31 Owners, 19 Owner cum Tenants and 10 Tenants were selected…
25 May 2024 - Articles
A preliminary study on diversity and abundance of insect pollinators of Paulownia species
Naveed Ahmed, M. Hamayoon Khan, Mian Inayat-Ullah
A study was conducted in the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar to record the insect pollinators and their abundance on the inflorescence of Paulownia during spring season. The insect species, belonging to 6 families of order Hymenoptera and order Diptera, we…
25 May 2024