The document discusses problems faced by Pakistan's agriculture sector, including a defective land tenure system, rural socioeconomic issues, poor soil health, weak financial positions among farmers, limited cultivable land, and lack of infrastructure like cold storage and warehouses. Key issues include farmers taking on excessive debt, deteriorating soil quality from overuse of pesticides and fertilizers, socioeconomic systems not supporting adoption of new technologies, most farmers having very small land holdings, and marketing issues due to price fluctuations and exploitation by agents.

2. Problem Faced by Agriculture
Sector in Pakistan
Presented to:
Dr.Azhar Husain
Presented by:
Muhammad Saleem
Roll No: 025
Section: B

3.  Introduction
 Defective land tenure system of country
 Defective rural socio economic set up
 Soil health problems
 Weak financial position
 Limited cultivable area
 Lack of cold stores and ware houses
 Problem of agriculture marketing
Contents

4.  Agriculture sector plays important role in the
economic development of Pakistan
 Its contribution to GDP is about 20.9%
 Its share in export is more than 40%
 Its feed more than 44.8%
Introduction

5.  There is common saying regarding our farmer that he is
born in debt, grows in debt and die in debt.
 Poor farmer have limited income to purchase HYV
seeds, fertilizers, tractor, tube well and thresher etc.
 To meet financial needs they have to go Arthiays and
commission agents who charge exceedly high rates of
interest and mortgage land very low price.
Weak Financial Position

6.  Land is like a producing unit.
 According to a rough estimate about 1 lac acre of land
is affected by water logging and salinity every year.
 To improve agriculture production we use pesticide
and fertilizers etc.
 As a result health of soil is deteriorating day by day.
Soil Health Problems

7.  All of our agrarian life moves around defective socio
economic set up.
 Land are considered just a source of livelihood.
 The big farmer considered their lands as a sign and symbol
of power.
 The farmer hesitated to adopting following technique like
seed concerning, modern fertilizers, sprays, and
mechanization of farm.
 In village we do not have agro based industries.
Defective Rural Socio Economic
Set up

8.  In our country total cultivated area is about 79.6
million hector, but out of this area about 30 million
hector area is being brought under cultivation.
 As 89% of farmer are having area less than 10 acre.
 Out of this 14% of land area having one to two area.
 While 25% lands having less than 5 acre.
Limited Cultivable Area

9.  Land tenure system of country throws light on
relationship between land owners and cultivation.
 Relationship between owners and tenants is not very
cordial and plausible.
 The tenants do lose their interest in respect of
cultivation and production.
 Even the land reforms of Aube and Bhutto period could
not change status quo of owner farmer relationship.
Defective Land Tenure System of
Country

10.  Formers income are always prey to variations and
changes.
 To protect their income and yield Govt. announced
procurement and arranges to purchase their produce.
 Again the farmer have to face problem of payment
while selling sugar can to sugar can crushing unit.
 Commission agents and Arthiays take advantages of
weak financial position farmer.
Problem of Agriculture Marketing

11.  The farmer is not sure of success of seed sown because
uncertainty of weather unavailability of water and
fertilizer.
 When such stages is over process of harvesting is start.
 Weak financial position farmer unable to construct
warehouses and cold store.
 The cold store and warehouses are meant for stocks of
wheat, rice, potato's and onions.
Lack of Cold Stores and Warehouse