The real strength of Pakistan's economy lies in agriculture.The growth of production in agriculture largely depends on the transfer of technology to the farming community. Poor agricultural marketing practices and sluggish culture for value addition is core issues confronting agricultural development in Pakistan. Agricultural extension service plays a critical role.Since it contributes to the development of farmer's skills and knowledge to adopt new and improved technologies, the approaches and processes with which the skill development and access to information are realized in the area. Public sector agricultural extension services are mostly dependable to produce knowledge between farming communities and to assist improve the level of living standards of individuals through educational measures.So, there is an essential need to take a step to restore the discouraged agricultural education, research and development frame work. Agricultural Extension System is one of the driving forces which are responsible for the growth of agricultural productivity.This book, therefore, evaluates the role of public sector extension in the understanding and recognizing the real problems of farmers.

Primary aim of this research is to shed light on the hitherto neglected issue of speculative bubble in real estate market of Pakistan. The apparent over valuation in real estate market in early 2000s can be characterized as a so-called speculative bubble. This study examines the influence of speculative bubble phenomenon on investors' behavior. Moreover it also clarifies the concept of speculative bubble and factors lie behind the speculative bubble. Behavioral finance provides the framework for this thesis. It utilizes knowledge of cognitive psychology and social sciences to explain irrational investor behavior that is not being captured by the traditional rational based models. The empirical research is based on a questionnaire directed towards investors in real estate market of Pakistan, more specifically investors from different areas of Lahore. The results obtained suggest that the behavior of investors during the speculative bubble was to some extent irrational and that decisions had changed as a consequence of the speculative bubble.

Energy is often considered as the start-point for least-cost diet formulation for poultry. Broilers have remarkable tendency to achieve certain gains for age, through modifying voluntary feed intake when offered an array of dietary energy. In this context, the decision regarding the 'optimum' dietary level of energy seems merely a function of the unit cost of energy and the premium achieved in terms of improved feed efficiency. This implies that, depending upon the availability and price of feedstuffs, there could have been situations where low-energy diets could prove economically more attractive. In context of this somewhat 'unconventional' scenario, it was realized that empirical evidence addressing the question that how the level of dietary protein and amino acids be adjusted when diets are to be formulated to contain low-energy is lacking. Present work highlights the response of broilers to graded levels of protein and amino acids in conjunction with low-energy diets and under the rearing conditions of tropical ambient.