Issue · 2015
Vol. 28, Iss. 4, 338-444
13 articles · All issues →
ArticlesSTOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS OF MAIZE FARMERS IN AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR, PAKISTAN
Khurram Nawaz Saddozai, Umme Rubab, Abass Ullah Jan
The research study was carried out to analyze the technical efficiency of maize growers through Cobb-Douglas type Stochastic Frontier Analysis in four villages of Muzaffarabad district, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Pakistan. The proportional sampling al…
31 Mar 2018- Articles
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT TILLAGE SYSTEMS IN A CLAY LOAM SOIL*
Ali Raza Shah, Muhammad Saffar Mirjat, Abdul Quadir Mughal, Inayatullah Rajper, Asif Ali Mirani
Field experiments were conducted to assess the performance of different tillage systems in a clay loam soil. A completely randomized block design with four treatments i.e., conventional tillage (CT), minimum tillage (MT), zero tillage (ZT) and controlled traff…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
BIODIVERSITY AND PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM RIPARIAN AREAS OF PAKISTAN: SPECIAL REFERENCE TO TAUNSA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AND KETI SHAH FORESTS
Raja Zoq-ul-Arfeen, Aamir Saleem, Sarwat Naz Mirza, Muhammad Akmal, Hafiz Muhammad Tayyab, Obaid Afzal
Pakistan riparian zone mostly belongs to Sindh and Punjab provinces and prone to climatic problems and anthropogenic activities. The research was conduct to estimate and compare the structure and composition of riverine floral diversity in low riparian z…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ASSESSMENT OF THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING COURSE UNDER WATERSHED PROJECT AT FATEHJANG FIELD STATION, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
Muhammad Nisar Khan, Tariq Hassan, Hassnain Shah, Saleem Abid, Irum Raza, Saqib Shakeel Abbasi
Watershed Project organizing different professional trainings to create awareness about water saving technologies as solar powered irrigation system, drip irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, micro catchment, rooftop rainwater harvesting and irrigatio…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
DEVELOPMENT, PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND SENSORY PROPERTIES OF BISCUITS SUPPLEMENTED WITH PUMPKIN SEEDS TO COMBAT CHILDHOOD MALNUTRITION IN PAKISTAN
Saima Kanwal, Saeeda Raza, Khalid Naseem, Muhammad Amjad, Naseem Bibi, Musarrat Gillani
This study was carried out in Food Science and Product Development Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan in 2014. Nutritive pumpkin seed flour fortified biscuits were prepared with four different substituted levels of pump…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
IMPACT OF PHOSPHORUS LEVELS AND SEED RATES ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF LATE SOWN MAIZE ON HIGH ELEVATION IN SWAT, PAKISTAN
Imran, Shaheeda Naveed, Asad Ali Khan, Inayat Khattak
After nitrogen, phosphorus (P) is required by the plants relatively in large quantity and is the second most important crop nutrient that increases productivity of maize (Zea mays L.). An experiment on effect of different P O levels and seed rates on gro…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY AND THE ROLE OF NON-FARM ACTIVITIES
Ahmed Fatima
The incidence of poverty, poverty gap and the severity of poverty for the nine agro-climatic zones of the country (rice/wheat Punjab, mixed Punjab, cotton/wheat Punjab, low intensity Punjab, Barani Punjab, cotton/wheat Sindh, rice other Sindh, Khyber Pak…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
STOCHASTIC FRONTIER PRODUCTION ANALYSIS OF TOBACCO GROWERS IN DISTRICT MARDAN, PAKISTAN
Khurram Nawaz Saddozai, Muhammad Nasrullah, Noor P. Khan
The theme of this research was to analyze the stochastic frontier production of tobacco growers. This parametric approach was encompassed to investigate the technical efficiency of growers. The primary data was gleaned during 2014-15 from sampled populat…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
SPATIAL PRICE TRANSMISSION IN PAKISTAN: THE CASE OF WHEAT AND RICE MARKETS
Umar Ijaz Ahmed, Liu Ying, Muhammad Khalid Bashir, Muhammad Amjed Iqbal, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Mazhar Iqbal et al.
This study investigates the spatial price transmission among major wheat and rice markets of Pakistan using their monthly retail prices. For analysis Vector Error Correction Model and Co-integration approach were employed. Results showed that wheat and r…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
EFFECT OF PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZER AND WATER STRESS ON PROTEIN AND PHENOLIC CONTENTS IN COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.)
Zafar Abbas, Ijaz Ahmad, Adnan Shakeel, Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Islam, Sadiq Muhammad et al.
Crop quality and production are affected by various fertilizers and water stress. In present research, the response of cotton variety CIM-496 to water stress and phosphorus fertilizer was investigated. Samples were collected after 90 days of planting. Kj…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
MICROBIAL COUNT AND SHELF LIFE OF PHALSA (GREWIA ASIATICA) JUICE
Ambreen Akhtar Saddozai, Amer Mumtaz, Saeeda Raza, Shahzada Arshad Saleem
The study investigated the shelf life of laboratory developed phalsa juice at room temperature. Phalsa was purchased from local market, juice was prepared and kept in sterilized bottles at room temperature. Physicochemical and microbial and oragnoleptic…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
ROLE OF TRAININGS ON FARMERS' PROFITABILITY OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS IN MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF DISTRICT SWAT, KHYBER PUKHTUNKHWA
Anwar Hussain, Muhammad Rahman
The study was conducted in District Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to show the impact of training on farmers' profitability in medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) in mountainous areas of district Swat. A convenient sample of 100 respondents, engaged in MAPs in Chai…
31 Mar 2018 - Articles
TREND ANALYSIS OF RICE AREA AND YIELD IN PUNJAB
Naheed Zahra, Nadeem Akmal, Sobia Naheed, Nusrat Habib, Sabeen Siddiqui, Irum Raza
The present paper to estimated the situation of rice regarding its area and yield in Punjab, the estimation is based on time series data from 1980 to 2011. On the basis of minimum errors of accuracy measure quadratic model was selected. The estimat…
31 Mar 2018