Agriculture News

Pakistan in Brief

Population depends 70%Labor force employment 44%Share in GDP 26%Total area 79.6 million hectaresTotal cultivated land area 22 million hectares Country’s exports 80%

Pakistan stands within the top10 wheat producing countriesin the worldIt is grown on an area of 8494million hectares with anaverage yield of 2769 kg/ha 8


RICE is 2nd most important cropIt occupies 11% of the country’s cropped area. It contributes about 17% to food grain production. It is cultivated over an area of 2581 millionhectares with production of 5.4 million tons 9


COTTON is important cash cropIt contributes over 60% of Pakistan’s foreign exchange earnings. It yields 3.4 to 3.6 million tons of cotton seeds which contributes over 64% of the local edible oil production( Federal Bureau of Statistics) 
Major crops are Wheat, Rice, Maize, Grams, Pulses, Cotton, Sugarcane, Tobacco, Mustard



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