Rural development

The Farming System that Ensures Biodiversity Conservation

7 Comments / Adaptation, Agricultural Development, Apricot, Borai, Climate change, Culture and Heritage, Farm Diversification, Fig, Natural Health, Organic food, Peoples' agriculture, Pomegranate, Rural development, The Food We Eat, Traditional Knowledge Tk, Treeography / By

Small scaled family farming plays a multidimensional role, ensuring not only livelihood but play a pivotal role in biodiversity conservation. Such farmers judiciously use the weeds and herbs grown along with the crops and use the crop residues as animal feed. Here are some pictures, I shot in my hometown Borai, Loralai which show us the beauty of this unique farming system. The farmer told me that he never used any pesticides and chemical fertilizers.

The Ultimate Choice or an Old Song with the New Drum?

4 Comments / Adaptation, Agricultural Development, camel milk, Capris Genetic Resources, Climate change, Cradle of Domestication, Culture and Heritage, Desert and Desertification, Natural Health, Peoples' agriculture, Policymakers, Rural development, The Camel Domestication, The Camel Genetic Resource (CGnR), The Cholistan Desert, The Food We Eat, Traditional Knowledge Tk, Uncategorized / By

I hereby to start a discussion about the selection of genetic resource for livelihood in the difficult ecosystems of the world. In my view, a true and durable sustainability of food production can be achieved with the tool of the local/native genetic resources embodied with the traditional knowledge.  *Sustainability in true sense means ‘considering the …

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Plants that are Liked such as Icecream by the Camels. Part 2

9 Comments / 22 June World Camel Day, Adaptation, camel milk, Capris Genetic Resources, Climate change, Cradle of Domestication, Culture and Heritage, Defaunation and Biodiversity, Desert and Desertification, Natural Health, Peoples' agriculture, Policymakers, Rural development, The Camel Domestication, The Camel Genetic Resource (CGnR), The Cholistan Desert, The Food We Eat, Traditional Knowledge Tk, Treeography, Uncategorized / By

Camel and goats like the salty and spiny species of plants. Such plants are also called ice cream species for camel and goats. In part 1, we discussed the fodder trees which are very much liked by the camels and goats. Here the bushes species will be briefly discussed along with the pictures.The Ice Cream …

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My Philosophy of Sustainability

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The scientists think that the world will become severely crowded by century 2600 when power consumption could turn the planet into a sizzling fireball Stephen Hawking explains how we could reach Mars in less than an HOUR and Pluto in days. The air will turn red, dry and dusty. In my point of view, the …

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Farmers Hardship Under the Establishment’s Eyes

1 Comment / Agricultural Development, Farm Diversification, Farmers, Peoples' agriculture, Policymakers, Rural development, The Food We Eat, Uncategorized / By

The farmers are not the part of the policy-making process. They are out of the decision making forums. The policies are driven by the people whom interest lies in the wars and conflicts. On both sides of the border, the policy-making is in the hand of powerful establishments to keep the tension alive and strengthen their vested interests.

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