20.Improving agricultural productivity, A Lecture By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Visiting Professor the University of Agriculture Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Pakistan
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3. Overview of the presentation
1. Introduction
2. Factors affecting crop production
3. Agricultural productivity
- Research and Technological Innovation for
increased productivity
- Seed Production and supply system
- Opportunities for Increasing Agricultural Productivity
- Crop Production: Challenges
4. Water Use Efficiency:
- Growth of Irrigation
- Opportunities for Increasing Water Productivity
5. Strengthening Rural Livelihoods
4. AGRICULTURE
The Backbone off Pakistan’’s Economy
Agriculture is the mainstay of Pakistan’s
economy.
Nearly 21% of total output (GDP)
44 percent of total employment is
generated in agriculture.
It also contributes substantially to
Pakistan’s exports
5. Introduction
Pakistan's principal natural resources are arable land and water. About 25% of Pakistan's
total land area is under cultivation and is watered by one of the largest irrigation systems
in the world. Pakistan irrigates three times more acres than Russia. Agriculture accounts
for about 23% of GDP and employs about 44% of the labor force. Pakistan is one of the
world's largest producers and suppliers of the following according to the 2005 Food and
Agriculture Organization of The United Nations and FAOSTAT given here with ranking:
Chickpea (2nd)
Apricot (4th)
Cotton (4th)
Sugarcane (4th)
Milk (5th)
Onion (5th)
Date Palm (6th)
Mango (7th)
Tangerines, mandarin orange, clementine (8th)
Rice (8th)
Wheat (9th)
Oranges (10th)
8. Factors affecting crop production
There are many factors that influence how well
plants grow and develop.
These factors are sometimes used by the farmer
to make decisions.
It is beyond the scope of this presentation to list
every factor that affects crop production,
however a basic list of types of factors is
attempted
9. Soil Factors
Soil factors: Soil types, soil fertility (levels of nutrients), soil
depth, soil moisture etc.
Pest factors: Historical or current infestations of soil fungus,
bacterial diseases, insects or weeds etc.
Management factors: Crop rotation practices, fertilizer and
pesticide applications, tillage practices etc.
Technological factors: Use of farm implements, improved seed,
irrigation, soil moisture conservation methods etc
Weather factors: Rainfall, insolation temperature and humidity.
Climatic factors: Long range weather patterns (frost, length of growing
season, start of the rains, end of the rains, degree days etc.)
10. Goal of agriculture: to increase production of
crops by increasing their productivity and
water use efficiency; and Improving rural
livelihoods by reducing poverty through
development & dissemination of sustainable
technology
11. Agricultural productivity
The productivity of agriculture depends on
- use of High Yielding Varieties (HYV),
- improved management practices,
- efficient use of irrigation water,
- pest management,
- soil health management
- and other related factors which are
discussed below
12. Factors to promote Ag. Productivity
Research and Technological Innovation for increased
productivity
ii. Seed Production and supply system
iii. Opportunities for Increasing Agricultural Productivity:
- Input use efficiency for productivity enhancement
- Yield gap reduction
- Replacement of traditional varieties by modern varieties
(HYV & hybrid)
- Crop diversification
- Breaking the yield stagnancy of modern varieties by hybrid
and super rice
- Adoption of integrated crop production technologies
- Integrated nutrient management
- Farm mechanization
- Bio-technology research and development
- Subsidy in agriculture
13. Factors to promote Ag. Productivity
iv. Crop Production: Challenges
- Climate change and agriculture
- Soil Degradations
- Pest Infestation
- Lack of Infrastructure and Power Supply
- Global Warming
- High Population Growth and Land Scarcity
- Storms, Earthquakes, etc
14. Water Use Efficiency:
Water: most vital physical factor for agricultural production
after land
- water scarcity presents a big threat to future food
production
- many fresh water sources (surface & ground) are depleting
faster
- Pumping water (surface + ground) dominates the irrigation
system in Bangladesh (90%), while large diversion type
surface irrigation system comprises less irrigation area
(10%).
- Water scarcity is managed through two options in
Bangladesh that is, irrigation and crop management
15. Opportunities for Increasing
Water Productivity
Capacity utilization of minor irrigation system
• Command Area Development
• Drought alleviation
• Increasing water use efficiency
• Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) Method for
Water Saving
• Salinity management
• Arsenic in Water
• Institutional arrangement
16. Strengthening Rural Livelihoods
Dissemination of agricultural technologies for
improvement of rural livelihoods
• Opportunities both for domestic opportunities and
international
markets
• Creating employment opportunity especially for the
women
• Diversification of high value crops
• Export promotion and Development of AEZ based
technology
• Agro-processing Activities
• Revamping agricultural marketing system
• Supply chain development
17. Future Strategy for Sustainable
Land Management
Develop additional water storage capacity by
construction of small, medium and large storage
dams and improve distribution network
Improve water use efficiency – precision land
leveling, water course improvement and optimized
irrigation
Promotion of high efficiency irrigation systems and
water conservation techniques – Zero tillage, inter
cropping, etc
Replace less competitive high delta crops (sugarcane
and IRRI rice) with more competitive crops requiring
less water (e.g. sugar beet, oil seeds and pulses)
Programs for waterlogging and salinity control and
research on bio-saline agriculture
18. Future Strategy for Sustainable
Land Management
Production and Export of high value crops (fruits,
vegetables, flowers etc.)
Private sector led processing, grading packaging and
cold storage facilities.
Promotion of Contract farming and Provision of
credit
facilities for agri-business
Farmers training in post harvest technologies
Enhance production of oilseeds, pulses, tea and other
import items – vertical and horizontal increase