Agriculture is the backbone of Pakistan's economy, providing food, raw materials, and a base for foreign trade and exchange. Major crops include wheat, rice, maize, grams, pulses, cotton, sugarcane, tobacco, and mustard. Under Pakistan's economic system, agricultural land is primarily owned and operated by private farmers. The government uses agricultural policies to influence farmers' decisions to align with national objectives. Agricultural policies generally involve fixing prices of outputs and inputs as well as international trade duties, and redistributing land ownership and tenancy conditions. The main goals of agricultural policy are to better distribute agricultural assets, improve farmer incomes, accelerate agricultural growth, and ensure balanced production to meet domestic needs.

1. Presented by: Sana Baloch

2. Agriculture
• Agriculture as backbone of economy
• Provides foods and nutrition
• Provides raw material
• Provides base for foreign trade and exchange

3. Major crops of Pakistan
Wheat Rice Maize
Grams Pulses Cotton
Sugarcane Tobacco Mustard

4. Agriculture Policy
• Under the economic system prevailing in
Pakistan, agricultural land is primarily owned
and operated by private farmers
• By using the instruments of agricultural
policy. government can influence the various
decisions taken by the farmers in order to
ensure that their outcome is also in
accordance with the national objectives.

5. Agricultural policies
generally used in
Pakistan consists of
the following two
categories:

6. • First: This category covers fixing prices of
agricultural output and inputs, measures
relating to their domestic as well as
international purchase and sale, import
and export duties, foreign EXCHANGE RATE
etc.
• Second: This category involves
redistribution of land ownership as well as
the condition's of tenancy and inheritance.

7. Agricultural price policy
Agricultural price policy is a method
of influencing the price of agricultural
goods so that it acts as an incentive
to produce certain goods in desired
quantities.

8. The main objectives of agricultural
policy are
Better distribution of agricultural assets
To improve farmers incomes
To accelerate agricultural growth

9. To ensure balanced growth in production to
fulfill domestic requirements.