Agriculture

Pakistan is a water scarce country. Wastage of water is unaffordable. Non productive and barren land cannot be irrigated unless new dams and infrastructure are invested into. Underground water is being exploited by the farmers through higher  energy cost and therefore efficient irrigation systems are important to utilize this expensive water in the most economical […]

Sustainable forest management helps stem deforestation while providing benefits to communities and the ecosystem Between 1990 and 2015, Pakistan is witnessing deforestation at an unprecedented rate of 2.1 per cent per annum, says the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). To address deforestation, several initiatives are being implemented by the provincial governments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)