Agriculture is mainstay of Pakistan's economy. It accounts for 21% of the GDP and together with agro-based products fetches 80%...
The Punjab province has about 29% of the total reported, 57% of the total cultivated and 69% of the total cropped area of Pakistan. It contributes a major share in the agricultural economy of the country by providing about 83% of cotton, 80% of wheat, 97% fine aromatic rice, 63% of sugarcane and 51% of maize to the national food production. Among fruits, mango accounts for 66%, citrus more than 95%, guava 82% and dates 34% of total national production of these fruits.
Land Use Statistics
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(Million Hactares)
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(Million Acres)
|
|
|
Geographical Area
|
20.63
|
50.98
|
|
Total Area Reported
|
17.49
|
43.22
|
|
Forest Area
|
0.49
|
1.21
|
|
Not available for Cultivation
|
2.95
|
7.29
|
|
Culturable Waste
|
1.56
|
3.85
|
|
Cultivated Area
|
12.49
|
30.86
|
|
Current Fallow
|
1.39
|
3.43
|
|
Net Area Sown
|
11.10
|
27.43
|
|
Area Sown more than once
|
5.86
|
14.48
|
|
Total Cropped area
|
16.96
|
41.91
|
Source: Agricultural Statistics of Pakistan 2008-09
Farm Size Statistics
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Size of Farm (Hectares)
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Farm
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Farms Area
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Avg. size of Farm Area (Hectares)
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||
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Number
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%
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Hectares
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%
|
||
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All Farms
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3,864,166
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*
|
11,261,963
|
*
|
|
|
Government Farms
|
96
|
*
|
26,802
|
*
|
|
|
Private Farms
|
3,864,070
|
100
|
11,235,161
|
100
|
2.9
|
|
Under 0.5
|
703,638
|
18
|
201,112
|
2
|
0.3
|
|
0.5 to under 1.0
|
617,265
|
16
|
459,408
|
4
|
0.7
|
|
1.0 to under 2.0
|
844,219
|
22
|
1,166,753
|
10
|
1.4
|
|
2.0 to under 3.0
|
597,863
|
15
|
1,403,901
|
12
|
2.3
|
|
3.0 to under 5.0
|
536,361
|
14
|
2,081,497
|
19
|
3.9
|
|
5.0 to under 10.0
|
368,362
|
10
|
2,422,326
|
22
|
6.6
|
|
10.0 to under 20.0
|
149,018
|
4
|
1,858,563
|
17
|
12.5
|
|
20.0 to under 40.0
|
36,696
|
1
|
909,254
|
8
|
24.8
|
|
40.0 to under 60.0
|
5,712
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*
|
263,095
|
2
|
46.1
|
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60.0 and above
|
4,932
|
*
|
469,257
|
4
|
95.1
|
* = Negligible
Source: - Census of Agriculture-2000 (Agricultural Statistics of Pakistan 2008-09)
Source: - Census of Agriculture-2000 (Agricultural Statistics of Pakistan 2008-09)
- Record Production of Paddy and Wheat during 2008-09
- Green Tractor Scheme
- 10,000 tractors were provided last year on subsidy worth Rs. 2 billion and the same number of tractors are being provided in 2009-10.
- Approval of Bt Cotton Varieties
- Eight BT varieties and One hybrid variety have been approved for cultivation in punjab during 2010-11 by Punjab Seed Council.
- Establishment of Foundation Seed Cell in AARI
- Reactivation of Punjab Agricultural Research Board (PARB) after 11 years
- 50% reduction in incidence of pesticide adulteration i.e. from 16% to 8%
- Establishment of Punjab Agricultural Marketing Company (PAMCO)
- 30 crop varieties were approved /released during last three years
- A mango consignment sent to EU by sea to reduce freight charges
- One cold storage established at Lahore and four approved for Rahim Yar Khan, Islamabad, Faisalabad and Multan airports
- Kinnow & Mango pack houses & cold storages are proposed at Bhalwal and Multan
- Research Institutes for Mango and Potato established at Multan and Sahiwal
- To increase seed stock capacity of Punjab Seed Corporation by 23% over the next 3 years
- Steps taken for hybrid seed production
- MOU between PSC and M/S Silverland Company to form joint venture for production of hybrid vegetable seeds and Bt Cotton varieties
- Timely campaign against white fly has been initiated on spring crops
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