The federal government has launched an innovative programme costing Rs 216.084 million for the sustainable development of vast plans of wastelands of Fata through appropriate technologies and practices of dry land horticulture.

FOLLOWING a decision to develop unused real estates with private parties, the Indian Postal department has now identified 1,800 locations including land that may either be sold off to private parties or commercially developed in joint venture with them. To this effect, the department is also mulling a separate company

More fruit yield in trees was noticed To meet the growing demand for food, the scope for further addition to area under agriculture and horticulture are possible only through the exploitation of drylands under wasteland environment. Wastelands are degraded and undulated lands. And they have low water holding capacity. Rainfall in wasteland is generally low and highly erratic and largely vulnerable to runoff and seepage losses. Rainwater harvesting

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