Credit, in technical terms, is an agreement by which a financial institute (such as a bank), agrees to lend a borrower a certain amount of money for a defined period of time. Interest is usually charged over the outstanding loan amount in such agreements/ transactions.INTRODUCTION TO AGRI. CREDITAgriculture, which is simply defined as, growing of crops and raising of animals; among others is also a business. It also hold significant share in GDP and economy of Pakistan. It is source of a majority of agro-based industry such as textile industry, food industry and export.Agriculture sector, thereby, also require credit like all other businesses.DefinitionAgriculture Credit/ Agri Loans is defined as financial support/credit extended to the agriculture sector through formal or informal sources.Objectives of PakAgriFarmingThis article part of series of articles aimed at ‘Financial Literacy’ of our farmer community and academia alike. There are, without any doubt, highly qualified & wel…

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Due to late cultivation of wheat and decrease in the area under wheat cultivation, the production of wheat is greatly being affected. This delay in the time of wheat sowing and reduction in area under wheat cultivation is due to cotton.  

Pinellia ternata, Chinese medicinal herb, a potential focus of scientist for genome study.

In the recently announced Educators job in government schools of Punjab, Pakistan, agriculture graduates of all the disciples are said to be eligible against the following posts;

BS Agriculture (04 Years Program) Admissions open at
INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES,UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB, QUAID-E-AZAM CAMPUS, LAHORE

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As we have discussed earlier, Tillage is the mechanical manipulation of the soil with tools and implements to make soil conditions suitable for better seed germination and crop growth whereas, tilth is a physical condition of the soil resulting from tillage.
Here we will discuss about types of tillage operations;
1. On Season Tillage: Tillage operations performed at the start of or during the cropping seasons. (June–July or Sept.–Oct.).
They are of two main types;
1. Preparatory Tillage
2. Intercultivation (or Inter tillage)
2. Off Season Tillage: Tillage operations carried out during fallow or non-cropped periods (summer).
3. Special Types of Tillage: As the name refers, these tillage operations are carried out with some special objective. 1. On Season TillageThe tillage operations performed during the onset of cropping season to preparation of seedbed for better crop growth and later during the crop stand, are called on-season tillage operations.A. Preparatory Tillage The tillage carried for…

محکمہ زراعت، حکومتِ پنجاب کی طرف سے اس سال کے لیے درج ذیل بی ٹی کپاس کے اقسام تجویز کی گئی ہیں۔

Tillage is the mechanical manipulation of the soil with tools and implements to make soil conditions suitable for better seed germination and crop growth whereas, tilth is a physical condition of the soil resulting from tillage.

Is tunnel farming the solution for problems of progressive farmers in Pakistan? Is the tunnel technology becoming popular in Pakistan? The answers to these questions is very sophisticated and the progress in the acceptance to the tunnel technology has been slow since its introduction in the country around ten years ago. The intensive, out-of-season farming carried out in tunnels is certainly promising both in terms of production and income return to the farmer. Fruit & Vegetable Development Project (FDVP) The first major project related to tunnel farming was ‘fruit & vegetable development project’ approved by agriculture department of the government of Punjab in 2005. It was one of the flag-bearing initiatives which lead the way forward for establishing the importance of tunnel farming in Pakistan. In the first phase of promoting tunnel farming, six tehsils were selected for establishing model tunnels with the assistance of progressive farmers. The program also included extensio…

Wheat is a cereal crop of immense importance to us, and the demand is fulfilled at the cost of soil poisoning and contamination through a number of pesticides, herbicides and excess of fertilizers. Zero tillage has become popular among the progressive farmers and serves as an economical method to conserve soil moisture, nutrients and labor force. Mulching on the other hand has benefits of conserving moisture in the field and others.

ٹماٹر پاکستان میں انتہائی مقبول سبزی کی حیثیت رکھتا ہے۔  اس کا زیادہ تر استعمال کھانا پکانے میں ہوتا ہے۔ اس کے علاوہ ٹماٹر کا اہم استعمال کیچپ میں ہوتا ہے۔ اس لیٔے پاکستان میں ٹماٹر کی کاشت کسان کے لیٔے منافع بخش ثابت ہوسکتی ہے۔ اس لیٔے ضروری ہے کہ ٹماٹر کی کاشت جدید پیداواری طریقہ کار سے کی جانی چاہیے۔ ذیل میں 
زرعی ماہرین کی تجاویز پر مبنی پیداواری ٹیکنالوجی دی جا رہے ہے۔

زمین کا انتخاب ٹماٹر کے لیٔے اچھی نکاسیٔ آب کی حامل زرخیز زمین کو منتخب کیا جائے۔ وقتِ کاشت   جولائی تا ستمبر پنجاب جولائی تا اکتوبر سندھ ستمبر، اکتوبر یا اپریل بلوچستان جون تا اگست خیبر پختونخواہ نرسری کی تیاری زمین پر ایک فٹ اونچے، چار فٹ چوڑے اور چھ فٹ لمبے بیڈ بنا لیں۔ اور چوڑائی کے رُخ آدھا انچ گہری لائنیں بنائیں جن کا کا درمیانی فاصلہ کم سے کم ۲ انچ تک ہو۔ اس مقصد کے لی

گندم پاکستان کی ایک اہم ترین فصل ہے اور پاکستانیوں کی بنیادی غذا کا درجہ رکھتی ہے۔ پاکستان میں گندم وسیع پیمانے پہ کاشت کی جاتی ہے اور ملک کے تقریباً تمام علاقوں میں کاشت کی جاتی ہے۔ اس سلسلے میں پاک ایگریفارمنگ پر پہلے بھی بارانی علاقوں میں گندم کی پیداواری ٹیکنالوجی دی گئی ہے اور  اب ملک کےچار بڑے صوبوں کے لیٔے گندم کے ترقی دادہ اقسام ذیل میں دی جا رہی ہیں۔

Hybrid seeds are the F1 off springs of the two distinct parent varieties from the same species.

موجودہ دور میں جہاں دیگر غذائی اجناس کی اہمیت ہے، وہاں پر سرسوں کی پیداوار بھی بہت اہم ہے۔ کیونکہ یہ نہ صرف غذائی  ضروریات پوری کرتا ہے بلکہ خوردنی تیل کا مآخذ بھی ہے۔ حرفِ عام میں اسے  کینولا کہا جاتا ہے۔ ذیل میں کینولا کی پیداواری ٹیکنالوجی دی جا رہی ہے۔

Weeds, the plants out of their proper place, have been known to cause many damages andlosses to crops and some are also known to cause health hazards. A number of management strategies for weeds are also adopted. But there are some uses of these weeds.

A weed is defined as a plant of its proper place or where it is not required. A weed has more potential than the crop, compete with the crop, seed formation and distribution is before the seed and fruit production from the crop.

Undergraduate admission open in University of Agriculture, Faisalabad and sub-campuses Toba Tek Singh, Burewala and Dera Ghazi Khan for the academic year 2013-14.

There are a number of different purposes and uses of the crops. The crops and cropping systems can be classified in a number of different ways based on a long list of categories. Previously we have discussed 'Botanical classification of plants' and 'Agronomic Use classification of the crops'. Now, we will discuss a classification of crops based on their use in the field in different cropping systems;