Agriculture sector to be developed at grass-root level August 29-2013 PESHAWAR: Senior Joint Director, Agricultural Credit & Microfinance Department, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Mohammad Imaduddin has said that the central bank is conducting financial literacy and awareness programs at grass-root level to improve access of the farming community to finance.
Reap lists factors behind fall in rice exports Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) has pinpointed major factors behind decline in rice exports. Reap Acting Chairman Chaudhry Samiullah told Business Recorder that lack of research and development in extra long grain seed has reduced the rice productivity per acre. “New varieties always help increase per […]
Monsoon flashfloods inundate ailing economy August 28-2013 Flashfloods caused by the recent monsoon rains and melting of summer ice has reportedly affected 1.4 million lives. Though the flood was categorised as medium-high level, the momentum is phasing out. As per rough estimates made by National Disaster Management Authority the losses to the agriculture sector is […]
Agriculture a neglected sector August 28-2013 President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Muhammad Haroon Agar stated that agriculture is much neglected sector which needs immediate attention of the Government to bring reforms, establish seed banks and research centres, form cool chains and purpose built warehouses to get maximum benefit. The economy of Pakistan […]
Rs10.5 per unit tariff for agricultural tubewells August 27-2013 The government decided during a meeting in Islamabad on Monday to charge a uniform electricity tariff rate of Rs 10.5 per unit for tubewells used for agricultural purposes. A delegation of Kissan Ittehad held a detailed meeting with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to discuss the tariff […]
Fukushima Leak Emergency: Hundreds of Tons of Radioactive Water Flow into Pacific Daily August 27-2013 As 300 tons of contaminated water flow daily into the Pacific from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan’s government is working in crisis mode to make sure the leak, which the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has failed to contain, […]
Common Chemicals Worsening U.S. Obesity Epidemic August 27-2013 Most people think that diet and exercise are the two factors that determine a person’s weight. If we eat a good diet high in fruits and vegetables, and exercise regularly, then we should not have to worry about being overweight. However, according to the Institute for Agriculture […]
Shock and Awe 2.0: US Warfare State Set to Launch ‘Iraq, The Sequel,’ in Syria August 27-2013 If you liked the run up to the US attack on Iraq, with the lurid fictional tales of mobile chemical weapons labs and Saddam’s nukes, you will love “Iraq, The Sequel”, currently unfolding in Syria. It is everything the interventionists […]
Fukushima Radiation: Your Days of Eating Pacific Ocean Fish Are Over, Or Worse…. August 27-2013 The heart-breaking news from Fukushima just keeps getting worse…a LOT worse…it is, quite simply, an out-of-control flow of death and destruction. TEPCO is finally admitting that radiation has been leaking to the Pacific Ocean all along. and it’s NOT over…. […]
What The Meat Industry Doesn’t Want You To Know August 26-2013 It’s a familiar story. When corporate titans want to stifle consumer rights, they turn to government to implement laws that restrict the public’s access to information. And the rare times when government enacts a law expanding consumer rights, these same corporations will use their […]
How Gardening Will Phase Out The Welfare State August 26-2013 A recent study was conducted, state by state, of the monetary value of welfare benefits for a mother with two children. They found that in New York benefits would be around $38,000, the seventh highest in the nation. The study explains the comparison of such […]
The 1 Week Organic Fertilizer August 26-2013 “Fermented Organic Matter” is the English translation from its Japanese counterpart. It is commonly called as “Bokashi” or the “1 week organic fertilizer”. Bokashi refers to a fermented mixture of different kinds of organic matter with high Carbon and Nitrogen content incorporated with EM, molasses and water then […]
Effective Microorganism Activated Solution (EMAS) August 26-2013 Having convinced to try out EM-1 (concentrate), and you want to maximize its potential, considering that EM-1 in the Philippines is still quite pricey. The solution is to EXTEND the EM-1. Extending is the term that we use to describe the multiplication that we do in the present […]
Turning Your Rice Wash into Fertilizer – EMRW August 26-2013 Filipinos looove to eat rice. We eat rice 3 times a day, 7 times a week. It is the staple food in the Philippines, and right now, you’ll probably have an idea how much rice wash we produce. Rice wash is basically water that is […]
South Africa: We Will Support Your Businesses to Create Jobs – Deputy Minister Thabethe Augsut 24-2013 The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms Elizabeth Thabethe urged residents of Mandeni in KwaZulu-Natal to establish enterprises, particularly cooperatives in order to create employment for themselves and eradicate poverty. Thabethe was speaking at an enterprise development and […]
Uganda: Women Businesses Find Hope in Coca-Cola August 24-2013 Twenty-seven-year old Dorothy Namuwonge walks fast, but chooses carefully where to place her walking stick. Namuwonge is lame. But that has not hampered her work. Beneath that disability lies a budding entrepreneur. With a small livestock farm and a sewing machine near her rented single-roomed house […]
How second-hand clothes kill business for Malawi’s tailors August 24-2013 About 10 tailors with old, noisy sewing machines stitch fabrics under the canopy of the shops in the old town of Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe, occasionally look up to reveal forlorn faces. Osman Kabere says he has been making suits since 1978, but gone are the […]
Namibia: Drought Severe On Agriculture August 24-2013 THE severe drought the country is experiencing currently will slow down the growth in the agriculture sector, an economic outlook report, released yesterday by the Bank of Namibia (BoN), revealed. “Drought conditions being experienced in the country could also impair longer lasting depressed conditions in the primary industries […]
Itching to Plant Something? 6 Fast-Growing Vegetables For The Restless Gardener August 24-2013 Late summer is a transition time in the vegetable garden for northern hemisphere growers. Many spring-planted crops have petered out or maybe they are sulking in the heat, waiting for a bit of cool autumn weather to start producing again. If you’ve […]
The Cole Crops: Delicious, Nutritious, Beautiful Staples of the Cool-Season Garden August 23-2013 Vegetable Seed Production Contracted Vegetable Seed Multiply There’s something great about planting broccoli and kale out in the garden. Perhaps because they are harbingers of cool weather, thriving in that 60 to 70 degrees Farenheit range that we humans find so comfortable. […]