Iqrar Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Sarwar Khan

Developing Sustainable Agriculture in Pakistan

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents an exhaustive look at agriculture in Pakistan.Chapters provide critical analyses of present trends, inadequacies in agriculture, strategic planning, improvement programs and policies while keeping in view the natural resources, plant- and animal-related agricultural production technologies, input supplies, population planning, migration and poverty, and balanced policies on finance, credit, marketing, and trade.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 926
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 180mm x 56mm
• Gewicht: 1919g
• ISBN-13: 9780815366539
• ISBN-10: 0815366531
• Artikelnr.: 51802841

Autorenporträt

Iqrar Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Sarwar Khan

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Editors Contributors Chapter 1 Planning for Sustainable Agriculture in Pakistan Iqrar Ahmad Khan and Muhammad Sarwar Khan Section I Natural Resources and Input Supplies Chapter 2 Land Use in Pakistan Muhammad Tahir and Tasneem Khaliq Chapter 3 Water: Issues and Remedies Allah Bakhsh and Muhammad Adnan Shahid Chapter 4 Rural Energy Solutions for Community Development Anjum Munir
Allah Bakhsh
Abdul Ghafoor
Waseem Amjad
and Umar Farooq Chapter 5 Environmental Degradation and Remedial Strategies Haroon Rashid and Abdul Nasir Chapter 6 Land Degradation: Problems and Remedies Zahir Ahmad Zahir
Maqshoof Ahmad
and Ghulam Murtaza Chapter 7 Canal Operation through Management Information System Muhammad Arshad
Riaz Ahmad
and Muhammad Usman Chapter 8 Precision Agriculture and ICT: Future Farming Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema
Hafiz Sultan Mahmood
M. Ahsan Latif
and Ahmad Kamal Nasir Chapter 9 Farm Services Asghar Ali
Sarfraz Hassan
and Abdul Ghafoor Chapter 10 Input Supplies: Production of Quality Seeds Muhammad Sarwar Khan and Faiz Ahmad Joyia Chapter 11 Fertilizers and Gypsum Javaid Akhtar
Muhammad Yaseen
Muhammad Rashid
Ghulam Murtaza
and Muhammad Aamer Maqsood Chapter 12 Input Supplies: The Starring Role of Pesticide Inputs in Agricultural Productivity and Food Security Muhammad Jalal Arif
Muhammad Dildar Gogi
Ahmad Nawaz
Muhammad Sufyan
Rashad Rasool Khan
and Muhammad Arshad Section II Crop Production and Health Chapter 13 Climate Change and Agriculture Ashfaq Ahmad and Khalid Hussain Chapter 14 Treatment and Management of Low Quality Water for Irrigation Ghulam Murtaza
Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman
Muhammad Aamer Maqsood
and Abdul Ghafoor Chapter 15 Stagnant Yields Abdul Khaliq
Amir Shakeel
Muhammad Kashif
and Ghulam Mustafa Chapter 16 Crop Diversification Shahzad M. A. Basra
Maqsood Hussain
Abdul Wahid
and Muhammad Farooq Chapter 17 High Value Horticultural Crops Iftikhar Ahmad
Saeed Ahmad
Khurram Ziaf
M. Muzammil Jahangir
and Raheel Anwar Chapter 18 Forestry and Range Management in Pakistan: Present Potential and Way Forward Muhammad T. Siddiqui
Muhammad F. Nawaz
Rashid A. Khan
and Zahoor H. Khan Chapter 19 Biotechnology and GM Crops Muhammad Sarwar Khan and Faiz Ahmad Joyia Chapter 20 Plant Diseases of Major Crops and the Way Forward for Their Management Muhammad Amjad Ali
Amjad Abbas
Muhammad Atiq
Nasir Ahmad Rajput
Khalid Naveed
and Nazir Javed Chapter 21 Trends in Sustainable Management of Emerging Insect Pests Muhammad Jalal Arif
Waqas Wakil
Muhammad Dildar Gogi
Rashad Rasool Khan
Muhammad Arshad
Muhammad Sufyan
Ahmad Nawaz
Abid Ali
and Shahid Majeed Chapter 22 Status of Pesticides and Their Alternatives for Crop Sustainability in Pakistan Amjad Abbas
Muhammad Amjad Ali
Arbab Ahmad
Safdar Ali
Amer Habib
Luqman Amrao
and Abdul Rehman Section III Animal Production and Health Chapter 23 Livestock Production: Status and Policy Options M. Sajjad Khan
S. A. Bhatti
S. H. Raza
M. S. Rehman
and F. Hassan Chapter 24 Poultry Production: Status
Issues
and Future Prospect Pervez Akhtar
Umar Farooq
and M. Sajjad Khan Chapter 25 Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture in Pakistan Muhammad Javed and Khalid Abbas Chapter 26 Livestock and Poultry Health: Issues and Way Forward M. Tariq Javed
Ghulam Muhammad
Nazir Ahmad
Laeeq Akbar Lodhi
Zafar Iqbal
Sajjad-ur-Rahman
Ahmad Din Anjum
Faqir Muhammad. Zafar Iqbal Qureshi
Muhammad Sohail Sajid
Muhammad Kashif Saleemi
Farah Deeba
Bilal Aslam
Aisha Khatoon
Muhammad Imran
Muhammad Imran Arshad
and Rizwan Aslam Chapter 27 Malnutrition in Children and One Health Mian Kamran Sharif
Masood Sadiq Butt
Muhammad Kashif Saleemi
and Muhammad Imran Arshad Section IV Agricultural Incentives for Farmers Chapter 28 Gender Dimensions of Agriculture: Status
Trends
and Gap Farkhanda Anjum
Muhammad Iqbal Zafar
Kanwal Asghar
and Ayesha Riaz Chapter 29 Population Planning and Labor in Pakistan.............................................................. 635 A. A. Maan
Izhar A. Khan
and N. Farah Chapter 30 Rural Poverty Saria Akhtar
Muhammad Iqbal Zafar
Shabbir Ahmad
and Naima Nawaz Chapter 31 Rural-Urban Migration N. Farah
Izhar A. Khan
and A. A. Maan Chapter 32 Rural Development Tanvir Ali
Babar Shahbaz
Muhammad Iftikhtar
Ijaz Ashraf
Shoukat Ali
Ghazanfar Ali Khan
Aqeela Saghir
and Muhammad Saleem Mohsin Chapter 33 Outreach and Social Mobilization: Challenges and Opportunities Munir Ahmad
Babar Shahbaz
and Mahmood Ahmad Randhawa Chapter 34 Fiscal Policy in Agriculture Tahira Sadaf
Muhammad Ashfaq
Rakhshanda Kousar
and Qaisar Abbas Chapter 35 Agricultural Credit and Cooperation Khalid Mushtaq and M. Khalid Bashir Chapter 36 Agricultural Marketing Abdul Ghafoor and Hammad Badar Chapter 37 Regional Trade: Pakistan's Perspective Burhan Ahmad
Abdul Ghafoor
and Asif Maqbool Chapter 38 Value Addition Moazzam R. Khan
Aamir Shehzad
Aysha Sameen
and Masood Sadiq Butt Index