Kanwal Waqar

IWMI · Gender

Grape residue prepared from red wine has been reported as an effective antioxidant against chemical-induced toxicity and to attenuate oxidative stress. This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of grape residue supplement in diet on growth performance, nutrient digestion, blood biochemical and antioxidant parameters of chicken. A tot...

As the most important food crop across the world, with continuous increase in world population and steady declining farmlands, wheat has been attracting academic attention for improving its yield or potential in the future particularly under global warming. Therefore, analyzing the yield or potential of wheat at global level relevant to greenhouse...

Changes in temperature and hydro-meteorological patterns in Indus basin due to climate change are believed to be impacting farming communities in different ways. From a gender perspective however, impacts of change vary from place to place, household to household and for individual members of the household due to a multiplicity of factors including...

Yak pastoralism in Pakistan is confined to the higher elevations (3,500–4,500 masl) of Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral, extending over parts of the Karakoram-Pamir Landscape (KPL). It is practised in six of the seven districts in Gilgit-Baltistan, where yaks occupy an important cultural and livelihood niche. Yak benefits include dairy products, meat,...

The effect of potassium (K) and phosphorus (P) on morphological and biochemical characteristics of garlic (Allium sativum L.) was studied at Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), during the year 2011-12. Three levels of potassium (140, 175 and 210 kg K ha –1) and two levels of phosphorus (105 and 140 kg P ha –1) were applied alone and in differe...

Yak is a multipurpose livelihood animal in high altitude habitats in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan where out of 72000 km 2 , 2% and 52% are respectively cultivated land and rangeland/alpine pastures. The main objective of this RRA survey was to assess the visibility of climate change and adaptive capacity of local pastoral community in yak ecosystems....

In the paper, the potential of using light, the external potential of historical yield evolution trend and AEZ (agricultural ecological zone) are applied to calculate the per unit yield potential of Chinese maize. The results show that the maximum growth ranges of per unit yield in different stages was as follows: before 1985, the growth range was...

Impact of pretreatments and magnetized water application on seeds of Acacia nilotica and Albizia saman 1 Abstract In view of the carbon sequestration potential of Albizia saman, commonly known as Trembesi tree. Increase in land cover and carbon trading were key objectives. Seeds of trembesi tree were tested for viability and sustainability for sub-...

In view of the carbon sequestration potential of Albizia saman, commonly known as Trembesi tree. Increase in land cover and carbon trading were key objectives. Seeds of trembesi tree were tested for viability and sustainability for subtropical broad leave evergreen forest environment of Pakistan in comparison with Acacia nilotica. The seeds were ap...

Focusing the malnutrition of the livestock in Pothwar, the study was conducted for nutritional variation in Grewia optiva and Grewia populifolia, during different seasons and sites. Animals of the area have line and thin due to lack of forage and nutrition in past years. Population increment has also been very slow to negligible due to this reason....

Due to increase of industrialization in public and private sectors along with urbanization, are reflected in varying degree of pollution in the different compartment (water, soil and air) of environment. The present study has been carried out to understand the tolerance potential of different species of Aspergillus (Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus f...

Two fresh water fish species Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) and Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) were cultured to investigate the survival rate in bioremediated sewage effluent of Shehzad town, Islamabad, Pakistan. Two earthen ponds one with fresh water and second with bioremediated sewage effluent with dimension of 20×40 m were selected at Fisheri...