News stories for Sara Mehmood

Environmentalists warn against solar tubewells

Lower cost of pumping water could lead to indiscriminate groundwater extraction, leading to its overexploitation. Published 19 Aug, 2024 07:57am

Solar tubewells — a double-edged sword

Lower cost of pumping water could lead to indiscriminate groundwater extraction, leading to its overexploitation. Updated 19 Aug, 2024 07:55am

Harvesting rainwater for agriculture

We need a strategy to minimise runoff over roads and use it to replenish our overstressed groundwater reserves. Updated 08 Jul, 2024 02:18pm

Importance of farm mechanisation

Farmers will have no other option but to increase mechanisation to cope with the adverse effects of climate change. Published 07 Aug, 2023 08:35am

Upskilling farm workers

With greater use of technology, the sector is becoming more capital-intensive, inevitably demanding trained labour. Published 13 Feb, 2023 07:12am

Agriculture: Food security through climate-smart agriculture

In Pakistan, a clear consensus does exist amongst relevant stakeholders for making necessary changes to the agriculture system. Published 30 Jan, 2023 08:10am

The challenge of shrinking farm sizes

In Pakistan, the average farm size has steadily declined from 5.3 hectares in 1971 to 2.6 hectares in 2010 Published 09 Jan, 2023 08:33am

Why is Pakistan’s food security so precarious?

In 1961, per capita arable land availability was 0.66 hectares, which has now drastically decreased to 0.14 hectares. Updated 26 Dec, 2022 09:44am

Urban kitchen gardening

Its widespread adoption may help achieve food self-sufficiency and encourage a more sustainable lifestyle. Updated 19 Dec, 2022 09:09am

Agriculture’s declining contribution to smog

Pakistan produces around 14m tonnes of biomass from rice crops, most of which is burnt Published 14 Nov, 2022 09:35am

Groundwater export

Pakistan’s water consumption per unit of GDP is the world’s highest because of water-intensive industries Published 18 Oct, 2022 07:06am

Crop-switching for conservation

Opting for the sesame crop over rice is a climate change adaption strategy for resource-poor farmers in our water-scarce country Published 03 Oct, 2022 06:45am