Author
Khuda Bakhsh
Other affiliations: University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
Bio: Khuda Bakhsh is an academic researcher from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Agriculture & Bt cotton. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 55 publications receiving 861 citations. Previous affiliations of Khuda Bakhsh include University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.
Topics: Agriculture, Bt cotton, Productivity, Climate change, Bitter gourd
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the impact of urbanization on carbon dioxide emissions in Pakistan and found that there was cointegation among the variables and that urbanization was found enhancing carbon emissions both in the long run and short run.
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TL;DR: Results from technique and composition effects show that increase in economic growth leads towards more pollution emissions, however, economic growth declines as pollution crosses a certain limit and foreign direct investment is also found positively related with pollution.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the effects of renewable and nuclear energy on economic growth by extending production function along with labor and capital for Pakistan's economy using non-linear autoregressive distributed lag model with the yearly data of 1990-2016.
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TL;DR: Blood analysis showed that VDs who were involved in spraying activities had significantly higher levels of OCP residues in their blood samples than VDs from the other groups, which contribute to high exposure levels to OCPs, particularly among farm workers.
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TL;DR: In this article, the impact of temperature and precipitation on rice productivity in the rice-wheat cropping system of the Punjab was investigated and it was shown that an increase in temperature by 1.5 o C and 3 o C would enhance rice yield by 2.09% and 4.33%, respectively compared to the base year regression estimates.
Abstract: Pattern of temperature and precipitation are changing due to global warming, resulting inhaving impact on crop productivity.The objective of this study was to estimate the impact of climat ic variableson rice productivity in the rice - wheat cropping system of the Punjab. Aggregatedtime series data were used for rice cropCobb Douglas type production function wasemployedwith rice yield as dependent variable and climatic factorsas independent variables. Results showed thatan increase intemperature by 1.5 o C and 3 o C would enhance rice yield by 2.09% and 4.33%, respectively compared to the base year regression estimates. However, an increase in precipitation by 5% and 15% duringSeptember-Octobercould adversely affect rice productivity by 5.71% and 15.26%,respectively. However, its decrease ispositively related with rice yield. Evolving and disseminating rice varieties having adaptation to climate change should be the focus of future research and development. Improved farm management practices,creating awareness among farmersabout climate change and strengthening extension department are some measuresto be taken for adaptation to climate change in the rice region .
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TL;DR: A forum to review, analyze and stimulate the development, testing and implementation of mitigation and adaptation strategies at regional, national and global scales as mentioned in this paper, which contributes to real-time policy analysis and development as national and international policies and agreements are discussed.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide both a theoretical structure and practical guidelines for managers to ensure that tourism contributes to the purposes of protected areas and does not undermine them, and provide an understanding of protected area tourism, and its management.
Abstract: The link between protected areas and tourism is as old as the history of protected areas. Though the relationship is complex and sometimes adversarial, tourism is always a critical component to consider in the establishment and management of protected areas. These guidelines aim to build an understanding of protected area tourism, and its management. They provide both a theoretical structure and practical guidelines for managers. The underlying aim is to ensure that tourism contributes to the purposes of protected areas and does not undermine them.
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TL;DR: Zhang et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the effect of natural resources abundance, human capital, and urbanization on the ecological footprint in China, controlling economic growth and found that urbanization and economic growth contribute to environmental degradation, whereas human capital mitigates environmental deterioration.
550 citations