ISLAMABAD, DEC 5 (DNA) – The government has launched the country’s first radio school and education portal for distance learning. A joint venture of the government and Radio Pakistan, the radio school aims to educate over eight million children across the country. It will run educational programmes for four hours every day in two slots. The morning slot is from 10am to 12pm. The education portal is a digital platform where students will be able to take online classes. The initiatives were introduced to help students continue their education asRead More

DNA ISLAMABAD, DEC 5 – Maize-soybean strip intercropping technology, an advanced agricultural technology introduced from China, achieved good harvest in various demonstration plots in Pakistan both under irrigated and rainfed conditions. According to a report published by China Economic Net (CEN), the data indicated that the yield per hectare of the intercropping system was equivalent to the yield of crops on 1.5 hectares of the sole cropping system. Therefore, the intercropping system is more profitable in obtaining a higher net income with less input. More specifically, under irrigated conditions, inRead More