This presentation includes Agriculture of Pakistan,its crops, its factors of production,seasons,regions of production,problems and solution of agriculture of Pakistan.
2. House Members
• Asif Baloch(Captain)
• Sateesh Hotchandani
• Ahmed Mujtaba Shah
• Zohaib Shaikh
• Shahryar Brohi
• Wajahat Khuhro
3. AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements
• We would like to show our gratitude Ms. Fatima Shaikh,for
giving us a good guideline for assignment throughout numerous
consultations. We would also like to expand our deepest
gratitude to all those who have directly and indirectly guided us
in writing this assignment.
• Many people, especially our classmates and team members
itself, have made valuable comment suggestions on this
proposal which gave us an inspiration to improve our
assignment. We thank all the people for their help directly and
indirectly to complete our assignment.
4. What We will Cover....................
• Introduction of Agriculture
• Types of Agriculture
• Crops and their types
• Cash crops of Pakistan
• Problems of Agriculture sector
• Recommmendation
• Conclusion
5. Agriculture
• Agriculture is the practice of cultivating and
farming animals, food and other life forms that
are used to sustain life.
7. Crops
• Cultivated plants or agricultural produce,
such as grain, vegetables, or fruit,
considered as a group.The famous crops
of pakistan is wheat, rice,cotton,sugar
cane and maize most of the countries
importing rice and maize from PAKISTAN.
8. Types of Crops
There are two crops season in PAKISTAN namely:
• RABI CROPS
• KHARIF CROPS
9. Cash Crops of Pakistan
• The crops which are grown in Pakistan in
abundance & earn foreign exchange for the
country are called cash crops"
• Cotton
• Wheat
• Rice
• Sugarcane
• Fruits and vegetables
10. Cotton
Cotton is called the plant of warm temprature regions.
It is said the for the first time cotton was planted in the Indo-Pak
sub- continent 1500 years ago, before the birth of Christ.
11. Greek Historian Herdotus, has mentioned that a plant
is cultivated in India from which wool is obtained.
From this the information was obtained that Indian
cotton was exported to Europe and Middle east
Countries.
12.
13. Wheat
Wheat is the grassy shaped plant and its height between 21/2
feet to 4 feet.
Pakistan and it occupies an important position in the crops of
moderate regions wheat, compared to other crops.
14. • In the beginning was cultivated thousands of
years ago and in the beginning it was
cultivated in the Western Asian countries and
in the Nile valley and valleys of Sindh and
Dajla.
24. Physical factors of Cash crops
Crop Temperature Rainfall Soil
Cotton 77 to 99F. 30 to 40 inches. Potash, Lime and
Nitrogen.
Wheat 50 to 60F for
plantation and 80 to
100F for harvesting.
20 to 30 inches. Proper quantity of
sand ,clay &
Nitrogen.
Rice 70F for sewing and
80 to 90f for
harvesting.
40 inches. Loam.
Sugarcane 65 to 80F. 40 to 70 inches. Phosphorus & lime .
25. Economical factors of Cash Crops
• For All Cash crops these 5 Economical factors
are necessary:
1. CHEAP LABOUR
2. USE OF GOOD QUALITY SEEDS
3. MEANS OF TRANSPORT
4. ARRANGMENT OF PROPER MARKET
5. NEAR NESS TO MARKETS AND PORTS
26. Cultivation areas of Cotton in Pakistan
Sindh Punjab Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
Balochistan
Sukkur,
Khairpur and
Hyderabad.
Vehari, Multan,
Bahawalpur,
Sahiwal, Jhang,
Muzaffargar,
Rajanpur,
Okara, Faisalbad,
Toba Tek Singh,
Sargodha,
Mainwali, Bakkar,
Leiah and D.G
Khan.
Peshawar, Mardan,
D.I.Khan.
Lorali nad Lasbela .
28. Cultivation Areas of Rice in Pakistan
• Rice is not cultivated in all parts of the country.
• 90% of the areas under cultivation is in the province of Punjab and
Sindh.
• In the province of Punjab, area under rice cultivation is increasing.
• whereas in the province of Sindh,area under rice cultivation is
decreasing.
29. • There is no area to compete with rice cultivation than
the district of Gujranwala and Sialkot.
• Beside these other district such as Lahore, Narowl,
Kasur, Sheikhpura, Okara, Hafizabad are included in
second number.
• Sargodha, Hafizabad, Jhang, Toba Tek Singh possess
secondry place in rice cultivation.
30. Cultivation Areas of Sugarcane in Pakistan
Sindh Punjab Khyber
pakhtunkhwa
Balochistan
Nawabshah,
Hydrabad and
Badin,Kharpur
Thatha, Sukkur,
Sanghar,
Tharparker and
Dadu.
Gujrat,Rahim yar
khan,
Sheikhupura,
Sahiwal, Vehari,
Bahawalpur,
Muzafarghar,
Leiah,Sailkot,
Gujarnwala,
Rajanpur, Dera
Ghazi khan,
Mianwali, Bakkar,
and Khushab.
Pashawar and
Mardan.
No cultivation In
Balochistan.
31. MAJOR PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURAL
SECTOR OF PAKISTAN
1. TECHNO-ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
51. MEASURES TO REMOVE THESE PROBLEMS
Supply of Agriculture Credit
Water Logging and Salinity Control
Construction of Dames
Provision of HYV Seed(HYV=High yielding variety)
Mechanization
52. Agricultural Research
Agro-based Industries
Tax Concessions
Training of Farmers
Prices of Agricultural Productivities
53. Conclusion
• Being an agrarian country,agricultural sector
of PAKISTAN’s economy is still
backward.Use of modern techniques,provision
of credit facilities,basic infrasfucture and
agriculture research facilities are needed to
remove the all problems of agriculture sectors.