Best agriculture practices in the current scenario of Climate Change and other Environmental Problems
Produce and consumer is brought together by Food Marketing. As the marketing of a single food product can be a convoluted process involving many producers and companies. i.e, Pakistan has seen an extremely pleasing growth in the frozen foods market by ice-cream segment development. The frozen food ice cream segment’s market size enormously expanded as …
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Wheat is the most important grain crop and a staple food for more than one-third of the world population. The major area of the wheat in Pakistan lies in Punjab followed by Sindh. However, the yield per hectare is slightly higher in Sindh as compared to Punjab. It ranks first as a cereal crop in …
Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the impacts of climate change. The risks it faces are compounded by high rates of food and nutrition insecurity. As the climate continues to change, weather patterns grow more erratic and intense climate-related disasters more frequent, rates of food insecurity will rise even higher. …
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Pakistan at the time of its birth had hardly enough arable land and surface water resources to achieve food security. In the 1960s the Dams and other associated water infrastructure were constructed, and a massive land-clearing and reclamation effort were undertaken. The area under cultivation saw an increase as did the yields through large-scale utilization …
Post-harvest operations are assuming importance due to higher yields and increased cropping intensity. Harvesting is important as the crop is reaped early to make way for another crop. It sometimes coincides with heavy rainfall or severe cyclone and floods. Therefore, suitable technology is necessary for reducing time and safe storage at the farm level. The post-harvest losses are estimated to be about 25 per cent.
Specific Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture with special reference to Pakistan (1) Increase in Temperature in arable areas (Threats to food security) Duration of crop growth cycle are related to temperature. An increase in temperature will speed up development. In case of an annual crop, the duration between sowing and harvesting (growing season length …
(1) Increase in Temperature in arable areas (Threats to food security) Duration of crop growth cycle are related to temperature. An increase in temperature will speed up development. In case of an annual crop, the duration between sowing and harvesting (growing season length GSL) will shorten, which will affect productivity. Heat stress at critical reproductive …
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