Consultancy & Research
Strategic feasibility studies and technical research for agricultural development.
Consultancy & Research
Feasibility studies
Livestock
- Feasibility study and restructuring of one of the largest livestock farms in UAE (15,000 Sheep)
- Feasibility Study – livestock breeding and backgrounding with specific focus on buffalo calves
Integrated Farming Operations
- Feasibility Study - integrated cattle fattening & aquaculture facility with inhouse forage production
- Prefeasibility Study – production of Rhodes grass and halophytic fodder (Panicum Turgidum) and livestock farming in desert conditions
- Feasibility Study –horticulture processing, livestock farming & bioenergy integrated project
Aquaculture
- Large scale trout farming– introduction of new trout strain from Norway into Swat, Pakistan
Crop Production
- Viability assessment and site surveys for large-scale “corporate farming” venture (30,000 acres) for rice cultivation in Republic of Guinea, West Africa
- Study of strawberry supply chain and trial production of new strawberry cultivar in Sindh, Pakistan
Research
- Policy Reforms to Enhance Competitiveness and Exports of Horticulture (Kinnow and Mango)
- Long Term Strategy Paper on Date Sector of Sindh
- Market Survey – Pakistan Commodity Import Program Study
Performance reviews and restructuring
- Review and critical analysis of one of the largest nursery businesses in UAE
- Review and critical analysis of largest compost making venture in Abu Dhabi, UAE
Public private partnership / transaction advisory
- Establishment of High-Tech Mechanization Service Centers – Survey & Detailed Feasibility Report
- Feasibility Study - Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market, Khairpur
- Transaction Advisory – Common Facility for Mango Processing
- Feasibility Study - Larkana Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market
Community development
- Project AHAN – Dairy supply chain development project involving marginalized farming communities in collaboration with a leading commercial bank in Pakistan
- Capacity building of subsistence farmers and formation of farmers’ cooperatives
Trials and pilots
- Biomass / wood pellets production from forest waste
- Biochar production from forest waste
- Vermicomposting in UAE conditions
- Liquid fertilizer production using fish market waste and green waste
- Hydroponic fodder in natural conditions
- Calcium extraction from eggshells
- Production of hydrophytes and usage as cattle fodder