importance of agriculture

2. IMPORTANCE OF
AGRICULTURE
BY: ROOMANA ALI MUGHAL

3. WHY AGRICULTURE??

4. CONTENTS
Agriculture
Agriculture in Pakistan
Main crops
Wheat
Cotton
Major problems of Agriculture in Pakistan

5. agriculture
Cultivation of crops, and
other life forms
To get food ,biofuel ,medicines
and fibre
Farming of animals
For leather , milk and dairy
products
Dates back to 2500 BC

6. Agriculture in Pakistan
• to fulfill your hunger
• Accounts for 21% of GDP
• 80% of export economy is agro-based
products
• Total area of Pakistan is 79.6 million hectors
– Forest area 4.27
– Cultivated area 22.04
– Non-cultivated 23.25
– Canals 6.36

7. Main crops
Wheat, cotton ,rice, sugar
cane , fruits , vegetables
Two types of crop seasons
Kharif crops
Rabi crops
Cash crops
Earn foreign exchange
Cotton, wheat , rice , sugar
cane and seed oils
tobacco

8. WHEAT
• Wheat
• 2nd largest cash crop
• 7th largest supplier and producer
• 3% of GDP

9. COTTON
Cotton
Fifth largest producer
 third largest exporter

10. Major problems
•Old methods of production
•Low per hectare yield
•Water storage
•Plant disease
•Financial problems

11. Old method of production

12. Low per hectare yield
Least production rate for last 3 years
Per Capita production less than India and
Afghanistan

13. Water storage
INDIA PAKISTAN

14. Plant diseases
Loss of crops due to parasitic and
Fungal attacks
No proper solution In Pakistan

15. Financial problems
Tax concession
Capitalism
Poor life style of farmers
Lack of credit

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