Developing Sustainable Agriculture in Pakistan

ISBN-13: 9781032095554 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 962 str.

Muhammad Sarwar Khan

Opis

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,

Spis treści

PrefaceEditorsContributorsChapter 1 Planning for Sustainable Agriculture in PakistanIqrar Ahmad Khan and Muhammad Sarwar KhanSection I Natural Resources and Input SuppliesChapter 2 Land Use in PakistanMuhammad Tahir and Tasneem KhaliqChapter 3 Water: Issues and RemediesAllah Bakhsh and Muhammad Adnan ShahidChapter 4 Rural Energy Solutions for Community DevelopmentAnjum Munir, Allah Bakhsh, Abdul Ghafoor, Waseem Amjad, and Umar FarooqChapter 5 Environmental Degradation and Remedial StrategiesHaroon Rashid and Abdul NasirChapter 6 Land Degradation: Problems and RemediesZahir Ahmad Zahir, Maqshoof Ahmad, and Ghulam MurtazaChapter 7 Canal Operation through Management Information SystemMuhammad Arshad, Riaz Ahmad, and Muhammad UsmanChapter 8 Precision Agriculture and ICT: Future FarmingMuhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema, Hafiz Sultan Mahmood, M. Ahsan Latif, and Ahmad Kamal NasirChapter 9 Farm ServicesAsghar Ali, Sarfraz Hassan, and Abdul GhafoorChapter 10 Input Supplies: Production of Quality SeedsMuhammad Sarwar Khan and Faiz Ahmad JoyiaChapter 11 Fertilizers and GypsumJavaid Akhtar, Muhammad Yaseen, Muhammad Rashid, Ghulam Murtaza, and Muhammad Aamer MaqsoodChapter 12 Input Supplies: The Starring Role of Pesticide Inputs in Agricultural Productivity and Food SecurityMuhammad Jalal Arif, Muhammad Dildar Gogi, Ahmad Nawaz, Muhammad Sufyan, Rashad Rasool Khan, and Muhammad ArshadSection II Crop Production and HealthChapter 13 Climate Change and AgricultureAshfaq Ahmad and Khalid HussainChapter 14 Treatment and Management of Low Quality Water for IrrigationGhulam Murtaza, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Aamer Maqsood, and Abdul GhafoorChapter 15 Stagnant YieldsAbdul Khaliq, Amir Shakeel, Muhammad Kashif, and Ghulam MustafaChapter 16 Crop DiversificationShahzad M. A. Basra, Maqsood Hussain, Abdul Wahid, and Muhammad FarooqChapter 17 High Value Horticultural CropsIftikhar Ahmad, Saeed Ahmad, Khurram Ziaf, M. Muzammil Jahangir, and Raheel AnwarChapter 18 Forestry and Range Management in Pakistan: Present Potential and Way ForwardMuhammad T. Siddiqui, Muhammad F. Nawaz, Rashid A. Khan, and Zahoor H. KhanChapter 19 Biotechnology and GM CropsMuhammad Sarwar Khan and Faiz Ahmad JoyiaChapter 20 Plant Diseases of Major Crops and the Way Forward for Their ManagementMuhammad Amjad Ali, Amjad Abbas, Muhammad Atiq, Nasir Ahmad Rajput, Khalid Naveed, and Nazir JavedChapter 21 Trends in Sustainable Management of Emerging Insect PestsMuhammad Jalal Arif, Waqas Wakil, Muhammad Dildar Gogi, Rashad Rasool Khan, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Sufyan, Ahmad Nawaz, Abid Ali, and Shahid MajeedChapter 22 Status of Pesticides and Their Alternatives for Crop Sustainability in PakistanAmjad Abbas, Muhammad Amjad Ali, Arbab Ahmad, Safdar Ali, Amer Habib, Luqman Amrao, and Abdul RehmanSection III Animal Production and HealthChapter 23 Livestock Production: Status and Policy OptionsM. Sajjad Khan, S. A. Bhatti, S. H. Raza, M. S. Rehman, and F. HassanChapter 24 Poultry Production: Status, Issues, and Future ProspectPervez Akhtar, Umar Farooq, and M. Sajjad KhanChapter 25 Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture in PakistanMuhammad Javed and Khalid AbbasChapter 26 Livestock and Poultry Health: Issues and Way ForwardM. 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 AslamChapter 27 Malnutrition in Children and One HealthMian Kamran Sharif, Masood Sadiq Butt, Muhammad Kashif Saleemi, and Muhammad Imran ArshadSection IV Agricultural Incentives for FarmersChapter 28 Gender Dimensions of Agriculture: Status, Trends, and GapFarkhanda Anjum, Muhammad Iqbal Zafar, Kanwal Asghar, and Ayesha RiazChapter 29 Population Planning and Labor in Pakistan.............................................................. 635A. A. Maan, Izhar A. Khan, and N. FarahChapter 30 Rural PovertySaria Akhtar, Muhammad Iqbal Zafar, Shabbir Ahmad, and Naima NawazChapter 31 Rural–Urban MigrationN. Farah, Izhar A. Khan, and A. A. MaanChapter 32 Rural DevelopmentTanvir Ali, Babar Shahbaz, Muhammad Iftikhtar, Ijaz Ashraf, Shoukat Ali, Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Aqeela Saghir, and Muhammad Saleem MohsinChapter 33 Outreach and Social Mobilization: Challenges and OpportunitiesMunir Ahmad, Babar Shahbaz, and Mahmood Ahmad RandhawaChapter 34 Fiscal Policy in AgricultureTahira Sadaf, Muhammad Ashfaq, Rakhshanda Kousar, and Qaisar AbbasChapter 35 Agricultural Credit and CooperationKhalid Mushtaq and M. Khalid BashirChapter 36 Agricultural MarketingAbdul Ghafoor and Hammad BadarChapter 37 Regional Trade: Pakistan’s PerspectiveBurhan Ahmad, Abdul Ghafoor, and Asif MaqboolChapter 38 Value AdditionMoazzam R. Khan, Aamir Shehzad, Aysha Sameen, and Masood Sadiq ButtIndex

O autorze

Iqrar Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Sarwar Khan