THE DI
GI
TAL KI
SSAN
FARMI
NG I
N THE DI
GI
TAL W ORLD
Anas Shai
kh, an I
T pr
of
es
s
i
onal
, al
ways had hi
s eyes and mi
nd wi
de
open t
owar
ds expl
or
i
ng t
he unt
r
odden pat
h. Real
i
zi
ng t
he i
mpor
t
ance
of f
ar
mi
ng i
n an agr
i
cul
t
ur
e-
bas
ed count
r
y l
i
ke Paki
s
t
an, Anas deci
ded
t
o s
wi
t
ch t
o f
ar
mi
ng as hi
s f
ul
l
-
t
i
me pr
of
es
s
i
on. Over 40% of t
he l
abour
f
or
ce of Paki
s
t
an i
s abs
or
bed by t
he agr
i
cul
t
ur
e s
ect
or
, of whi
ch, al
mos
t
70% ar
e women.
I
n a l
and whi
ch i
s bl
es
s
ed wi
t
h a wi
de r
ange of hi
gh-
qual
i
t
y f
r
ui
t
s and
veget
abl
es
, t
he exces
s
i
ve cons
umpt
i
on of pr
oces
s
ed and j
unk f
ood i
s
hur
t
i
ng t
he heal
t
h and t
he pocket of a common man. The key
mot
i
vat
i
on f
or Anas t
o s
hi
f
t t
o t
he bus
i
nes
s of f
ar
mi
ng was t
o enhance
t
he exi
s
t
i
ng f
ar
mi
ng met
hodol
ogi
es and pr
ovi
de t
he count
r
y wi
t
h
or
gani
c pr
oduct
s of hi
gh-
gr
ade. Anas al
s
o wor
ked on i
mpr
ovi
ng t
he
exi
s
t
i
ng f
ar
mi
ng bus
i
nes
s model wi
t
h hi
s knowl
edge, expos
ur
e, and
awa
w r
enes
s
.