2. AGRICULTURE SECTOR
Largest sector of the economy
21% of the Gross Domestic Product
45% manpower employment
70% of national agricultural output is from Punjab
63% share in export earnings
Economic Survey of Pakistan 2013-14
8. CHALLANGES
Food Security for the burgeoning population
Reduction in Food Import Bill
Soil, Water, Climate Change
Diversification, Intensification and Value Addition
Management of Agriculture Inputs and enabling environment
Compliance to the International Standards
Harvesting the benefits of strategic location
Human Resource Development & Policy Reforms
9. CULTIVATED AREA IN PUNJAB
Year
Per Capita Total Area
(Kanal)
Per Capita Cultivated
Area (Kanal)
1951 20.0 8.7
1961 16.0 7.8
1972 11.0 5.8
1981 8.60 4.8
1998 5.50 3.3
2008 4.50 2.7
2012 4.20 2.2
2030 1.74 1.02
11. SOIL
• Urbanization, Erosion, Over-Grazing
Range Lands, Land Fragmentation,
Flood Losses
LOSSES
• Soil Fertility, Water Logging, Salinity,
Less Water, Compaction, Low Organic
Matter
Health
12. WATER
Declining resources, Increase Use,
Low Efficiency
SURFACE WATER:
Water Shed
Management,
Storage,
Small/Mini-dam,
Development of
Water Based
Agriculture
WATER BASED
Technologies,
Desert
Agriculture,
Saline
Agriculture
SUB SURFACE
WATER
Over-pumping,
Quality loss, One
million pumps
No Ground water
rationing
RAINFED (Rain-
Fed Agriculture,
Hill-Torrents,
Rain Water
Harvesting)
13. CLIMATE CHANGE
• Visible impacts, Less Preparedness,
• Less Coordination, Funding R&D
PROBLEMS
• Climate Smart Agriculture, Early Warning
Systems, SUPARCO, PAKMET, PITB,
Agriculture, work together, Data Bank,
Trainings and Awareness
ACTIONS
16. MACHINERY
• Wide Tractor Implement Ratio, Big
gap in mechanization, Less skilled
operators, Dearth in Quality and
Range (Primary, Secondary and
Tertiary Implements) No Scale
Specific Machinery, Imports &
Reverse Engineering, Bio-energy
CHALLANGE
17. FERTLIZER
•Increasing use of Macro-Micro
Fertilizers, Cost of Fertilizers,
Im-balance Use, wide range,
Late Imports, Low NPK Ratio,
Low Fertilizer Use Efficiency,
Imp-proper Placement, Tracking
and pricing
CHALLANGE
23. PESTICIDES
• Increase application of Insecticide due
to Productivity Enhancement
Intensification and Diversification,
Weedicide Usage increased (Labor
Shortage), No facility of manufacturing
and only formulation , New Chemistry,
Joint Ventures, Manufacturing facilities
to satisfy Pakistan and neighboring
countries needs
CHALLANGE
24. PESTICIDES
• Initiatives to Increase production,
GSP Plus advantage (Duty Free
Imports by 28 EU Countries,
Previous Rate: 8% (Cotton Fabric),
Simplified Process of Registration
for Products and Pesticides
Manufacturing Units
OPPERTUNITIES
25. PESTICIDE CONSUMPTION
63
52 56
70
96 95
67 70
48
74
65
78
121
99
57
101
66
73
133
160
188
215
0
50
100
150
200
250
1992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013
Millions
Pesticide Consumption Value (USD)
Value (USD)
Department of Plant Protection, Karachi, Pakistan
28. PESTICIDES
• Under Current System all Exports
from China to Middle Eastern and
African Countries are Routed via
Sea, This Export Channel Takes Days
Ranging from 18-32 Days, Results in
High Financial Cost, Time and
Expense
EXPORTOPPERTUNITIES
30. PESTICIDES
China will be linked to Arabian Sea through
Pakistan
Easy Connection to Central Asian
Countries, Middle Eastern Countries,
African Countries and Europe.
Benefits, Reducing Time Required to Reach
Karachi (Pakistan) and Middle Eastern
Countries by 10 Days.
This will provide Chinese Exporters a New
Lucrative Market
31. The New Route
This New Route will Benefit
Chinese Exporter through:
Time Saving
Cost Saving
Access to Major
Agricultural Market
32. CHINA-PAKISTAN
PESTICIDES MANUFACTURING & EX-IMP
SEED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
MICRONUTRIENTS MANUFACTURING AND EX-IMP
MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS
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