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Arid-zone agriculture, or desert agriculture, is the subject of research and development that includes studies of how to increase the agricultural productivity of lands dominated by a lack of fresh water, an abundance of heat and sunlight, and usually one or more of the following: Extreme winter cold, short rainy season, saline soil or water ...
Desert farming is the practice of developing agriculture in deserts. As agriculture depends upon irrigation and water supply, farming in arid regions where water is scarce is a challenge. However, desert farming has been practiced by humans for thousands of years. In the Negev, there is evidence to suggest agriculture as far back as 5000 BC. [1]
Aridification is the process of a region becoming increasingly arid, or dry.It refers to long term change, [1] rather than seasonal variation. It is often measured as the reduction of average soil moisture content.
The Barani Institute of Sciences (Urdu: بارانی انسٹیٹیوٹ آف سائنسز), or BIS is a private institute having its campuses in Sahiwal and Burewala in Punjab, Pakistan. [1] It is affiliated with Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi. [2]
Sargodha District (Punjabi and Urdu: ضلع سرگودھا), is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. The capital of the district is Sargodha. It is an agricultural district with wheat, rice, sugarcane and kinnow being its main crops. The Sargodha district and region is also famous for citrus fruit including Kinnow, orange and lemon.
In the 1970s, the government of Punjab established an agricultural college in Rawalpindi for the development of rain-fed agriculture. The college was upgraded to the level of university in 1994. The Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University is named after Chishti Sufi saint Pir Mehr Ali Shah. The University is now working on two mega ...
Pakistan's climate varies from a continental type of climate in the north (Gilgit-Baltistan,Kashmir,KPK), a mountainous dry climate in the west (Baluchistan), a wet climate in the East (Punjab) an arid climate in the Thar Desert, to a tropical climate in the southeast (Sindh), characterized by extreme variations in temperature, both seasonally ...
The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Urdu: جامعہ زرعیہ فيصل آباد), (formerly: Punjab Agricultural College and Research Institute), is a university in the city of Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established in 1906 [1] [6] as the first major institution of higher agricultural education in the undivided Punjab.