People go to hospitals putting their faith and trust in the healthcare system to restore them back to a healthy condition. But this trust is slightly misplaced when physicians and nurses are unable to help patients due to the lack of resources …Continue reading
Pakistan’s Cotton Emergency
Can technology solve the problem? Presenting a case study on Pakistan’s bleak cotton crop outlook and a need for new seed technologies. In Brief The whopping 28 percent decline in cotton yield during the last fiscal year (2015-16) shook everyone from government …Continue reading
Technology: The Missing Link in Pakistan’s Agriculture Sector
The higher cost of production has continuously been haunting the farmer community in Pakistan. This, together with climate change impact, has been resulting in poor produce and negative growth rates at times. This article is an attempt to explore the possibilities of …Continue reading
The State of Seed in Pakistan
Pakistan has its own native cotton, with a rich biodiversity of 5,000 years, however, agriculture seems to be losing its edge due to ill-chosen applications of seed technologies. In Brief Pakistan has been an agrarian economy since prehistoric times. The recent cotton …Continue reading
Pakistan at Risk
A close look at climate change and its impact on Pakistan’s agriculture. In Brief Climate change is, in fact, a global phenomenon. The Earth’s temperature is on continuous rise, causing climate extremes, ultimately affecting major agricultural regions and creating food crises. Pakistan …Continue reading
XGear: The Next Generation Connected-Car Platform
Imagine you are driving past an idyllic countryside. The sun is shining bright and it’s a beautiful day. You’re enjoying your music, when something goes terribly wrong and your car jerks to a complete stop. You’re now stranded in the middle of …Continue reading
Games for Children With Special Needs
Nothing beats stress like playing video games. Be it arcade or virtual reality games, everyone enjoys playing them. Unfortunately, this is difficult for children with physical disabilities. GesDrive has created a Natural User Interface (NUI) to help physically impaired children play video …Continue reading
What’s Fresh? Grocery Startups!
MIT Technology Review Pakistan catches up with two new grocery players in startup town. What is driving an increasing number of entrepreneurs to pursue grocery related startups in Pakistan? “Every house is a possible customer,” says Muhammad Nowkhaiz, founder of the milk, …Continue reading
Education Administration and Monitoring Goes Digital
A leading Newspaper reported earlier in February that despite the Sindh government’s efforts to tackle ghost teachers, 366 teachers and other education department workers still remained ghost employees. And it’s not just Sindh. Balochistan’s education minister is on record saying “that there …Continue reading
Big Data from Cheap Phones
At a computer in her office at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, epidemiologist Caroline Buckee points to a dot on a map of Kenya’s western highlands, representing one of the nation’s thousands of cell-phone towers. In the fight against …Continue reading