Plant Diseases and Pests, Growing Threats to Food Security of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Abbas, Aqleem; Mubeen, Mustansar; Younus, Waqar; Shakeel, Qaiser; Iftikhar, Yasir; Bashir, Sonum; Zeshan, Muhammad; Hussain, Alamdar

doi:10.17582/journal.sja/2023/39.2.510.520

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“…The national marketplace would predictably see inferior values because of these dense government interferences (Rind et al, 2014). Compassion examination directs that a warning introduction could aid in dismissing the weight on national fees caused by the strategy alteration (Cornelisse & Naqvi, 1989;Rana, 2020: Abbas et a., 2007.…”

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Impact of Procurement Policy of Wheat on Farmers in District Khairpur Mir’s, Sindh, Pakistan

Nangraj,

Solangi,

Manzoor

et al. 2023

J. educ. soc. stud.

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Wheat crop is the main source of food and is cultivated on the largest area of land, while Punjab and Sindh province are the major contributors. It donates 9.7 percent to agriculture and 1.7 percent to GDP. The objectives of the study are to analyze the impact of procurement policy on the farming community who have been beneficiaries of the policy, and it means observing whether the procurement policy is getting sufficient support to the farmers' community or not. Primary data were collected through a multistage random sampling technique; in the first stage district was selected; in the second stage, taluka was selected; while in the third stage, two union councils (UC) were randomly selected; and in the final stage six villages were randomly selected, and the sample size was 10 respondents from each village. The total sample size was 120. At the same time, Respondents were distributed in two categories: i. beneficiaries of Procurement policy and ii. None beneficiaries of procurement policy. Results show that the cost of production for V-2 and V-3 among Procurement center (PC Growers) and Open Market (OM Growers) growers was almost the same, whereas for variety 1 (V-1), OM growers cost was higher (Rs.56227) than PC growers (Rs.52712). In comparison, the yield for all varieties grown by PC and OM farmers was almost the same, where the PC growers Rs.1400 for wheat grain for all varieties, the OM grower received Rs.1318, Rs.1311, and Rs.1318 for Variety 1(V-1), Variety 2(V-2), and variety 3 (V-3) respectively. The benefit-cost ratio of PC growers for V-1, V-2 and V-3 were Rs.0.54, Rs.0.27 and Rs.0.20, respectively, and the benefit-cost ratio of OM growers for V-1, V-2 and V-3 were Rs.0.40, Rs.0.20 and Rs.0.19, respectively. The procurement center may increase the number of centers, and the quantity of gunny bags should be increased. Before harvesting wheat crop procurements, the center should be announced for purchasing.

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Impact of Procurement Policy of Wheat on Farmers in District Khairpur Mir’s, Sindh, Pakistan

Nangraj,

Solangi,

Manzoor

et al. 2023

J. educ. soc. stud.

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Revolutionizing Potato Farming: Dynamic Innovations Reshaping Late Blight Control in Pakistan

Khan,

Iqbal,

Alam

et al. 2023

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Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the most extensively cultivated crops around the world, and Pakistan’s weather favor production and cultivation. Despite the ease of cultivating potatoes and the nominal labor supplies, Pakistan’s output of potatoes has not yet achieved a promising level when compared to nearby nations like India and Bangladesh. The crop's low production in Pakistan is caused by several biotic and abiotic stresses that instigated several pathogenic diseases such as early blight, bacterial wilt, viral infections, nematode infestations and late blight. Late blight disease is one of the most dreaded diseases of potatoes globally. It is caused by the fungus Phytophthora infestans which is highly adaptive to fungicides. Several fungicides have been in use against this disease for a long time, however, it has developed a high degree of resistant strains to these fungicides due to their unselective use over time and ultimately may cause colossal losses to the crop. In response, scientists have developed different potato varieties like Setanta, Nicola, Cara and Acoustic that are highly resistant to late blight. Similarly, cultural methods are also employed to combat late blight disease. This article provides an overview of the implications of late blight disease in potato cultivation and explores various strategies to reduce yield losses brought on by this disease via the application of synthetic fungicides.

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Plant Diseases and Pests, Growing Threats to Food Security of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

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Impact of Procurement Policy of Wheat on Farmers in District Khairpur Mir’s, Sindh, Pakistan

Impact of Procurement Policy of Wheat on Farmers in District Khairpur Mir’s, Sindh, Pakistan

Revolutionizing Potato Farming: Dynamic Innovations Reshaping Late Blight Control in Pakistan

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