Agriculture is the largest economic sector in Pakistan, contributing 25% to GDP and employing over 44% of the labor force. It involves growing crops and raising livestock to provide food and other needs. Agriculture has played an important role in Pakistan's economic development by increasing GDP, providing foreign exchange through exports, and generating marketable surpluses. However, agricultural productivity growth has slowed in recent years. Ensuring sustainable water management and adapting to climate change will be important for Pakistan's agricultural future and water security.

3. Presentation:-
Agriculture
of
Pakistan

4. ORaja Muhammad Abid Khan
ORaja Muhammad Waleed Satti
OBasit Amin
ONadeem Abbas

5. What Is Agriculture...!!!
Agriculture may be defined as:-
The art and science of growing plants and other
crops and the raising of animals for food, other
human needs, or economic gain.
It describes agriculture as both an art and a
science (needs skill and founded on
scientifically verified facts) and thus includes
specialized disciplines; the words “growing”
and “raising” are descriptive of enterprise,
activity or practice.

6. Continue…
1. Agriculture is an enterprise or
business, activity or practice. It is synonymous
to farming.
2. The practice of agriculture is based
on systematized body of knowledge (science)
and requires skill (art).
3. Agriculture often involves the
cultivation of the soil to grow plants and the
raising of animals for human needs. The words
“crops” and “livestock” are also used. However,

7. Agriculture in Pakistan:-
Pakistan is situated in southern Asia, between the
latitudes 23° 35’ to 37° 05’
North and longitudes 60° 50’ to 77° 50’ East
(GOVPK, 2008). It is among the most important
agricultural countries of the world.
Agriculture is the single largest economic sector in
the economy of Pakistan, and dominant driving
force for growth and poverty reduction.
It contributes about 25% to the national economy.
Over 44% of the labor force is employed in the
production, processing and distribution of agricultural
products.

8. OAbout agricultural sector
was not considered as a commercial
sector for economic development in a
large number of developing and
developed nations. During the
this sector is realized as a major
productive sector of Pakistani economy.
61% Population is living in more than
50,000 villages in Pakistan.

9. Importance of Agriculture:-
OBackward agricultural sector
contributes 20.9 % to GDP.
OIts growth rate is as low as 1.2 %.
OIt employs the 45.0 % of total labor
force.
OIts contribution to exports (Food
Group) is 8.62 %.

10. Importance of Agriculture:-
OAgriculture is a Vital Sector of Pakistan
Economy.
OIt Includes 21% of total GDP in
Pakistan.
OIt Includes 41% of Total labor force in
Pakistan.
ODates Back to 4500 BC in Indus
Civilization.
O Large Contribution to Foreign Exchange
Earnings.

12. Objectives Of Agriculture:-
1. To maintain National Agricultural Library at
NARC containing latest reading material.
2. To acquire, process, store and disseminate
literature published in Pakistan on agricultural
research and development by maintaining
“Pakistan Agriculture Database”.
3. To publish PARC research journal “Pakistan
Journal of Agricultural Research” on quarterly
basis.
4. To work as FAO AGRIS National Liaison Office
in Pakistan and regularly send input of Pakistani
published agricultural research literature for their
databases after processing.

13. Objectives Of Agriculture:-
4. To develop Liaison with international, regional,
national and provincial agricultural information
centers/organizations.
5. To promote library resource sharing through
maintaining “Union Database of Journals in
Agricultural Libraries of Pakistan”.
6. To help NARS scientists, faculty members and
students in review of literature and acquisition of
articles/documents reprints
7. To provide facilities for scientific and functional
photographic coverage of labs, fields and important
events.

14. Role of Agriculture In Economic
Development of Pakistan:-
-: Increasing GDP of the Economy :-
Agricultural sector of Pakistan has made
significant contribution to its GDP. When the
GDP of a country grows, economic
development takes place. In the beginning
agricultural sector had highest share in the
GDP but then the service sector became the
chief provider with the passage of time.

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-: Foreign Exchange Earner :-
The agricultural area is the major
source of foreign exchange incomes in
Pakistan. The export of rice, cotton,
cotton based products etc. bring about
65% of our total earnings. The imports
help in vital inputs for development i.e.
import of equipment, capital machinery,
technical know-how etc.

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-: Marketable Surplus :-
When on systematic lines the
agriculture sector is extended, it
produces attractive marketable surplus.
The surplus i.e. sugar, fish, cotton, silk,
timber, jute, wheat etc. can help to pay
the capital tools, import of raw
materials and technology. This helps in
bringing about fast economic
development.

18. Continue :-
Increasing the Tax Revenue of the
Government:-
Economic development is one of the major
duties of any government. The greater the
government gathers tax revenue, more the
money it will have for spending on
development related projects. As, agriculture
engages 20% contribution towards the GDP
and 43.61% of Pakistan labor force, this
increases per capita income. And
government collection of tax revenue
increases as per capita income increases.

19. Data:-
Year Production Real GDP
2005 102.3 7.7
2006 98.51 6.2
2007 102.42 4.8
2008 106.69 1.7
2009 108.53 2.8

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100
102
104
106
108
110
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Production
Real GDP
Real GDP Line Fit Plot
Production
Predicted Production

22. Year Agricult
ure
Livestoc
k
Fishery Forestry
2005-06 6.3 15.8 20.8 -1.1
2006-07 4.1 2.8 15.4 -5.1
2007-08 1.0 4.2 9.2 -13.0
2008-09 4.0 3.5 2.3 -3.0
2009-10 2.0 4.1 1.4 2.2

23. Agricultural Credit:-
In order to cope with the increasing demand for
agricultural credit, institutional credit to farmers is
being provided through Zaria Taraqiati Bank Limited,
Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Limited, five big
Commercial Banks, and Domestic Private Banks.
Adequate availability and access to institutional credit
is essential for accelerating the pace of agricultural
development and ensuring Food Security in the
country. The Agricultural Credit Advisory Committee
(ACAC) has allocated Rs. 260 billion for the year
2009‐10 as compared to Rs. 250 billion fixed for last
year which indicates an increase of 11.6 percent over
the disbursement of Rs. 233 billion during the year

26. Agriculture had contributed in
Pakistan’s development in
these various ways. The
government should announce
policies which raise the
productivity of agriculture in
order to increase economic

27. Continued…
It is important to ensure water security for the
people through a national water policy laying
down the outlines of an integrated water
management strategy that aims at maximizing
the sustainable economic, social and
environmental returns on the water resource
development, allocation among its competing
demands, its use by consumers and safe
disposal of post‐use effluents.

28. Future Predictions:-
-:Future Strategic Areas to Combat Water
Security Risk:-
The following core areas require immediate
attention while formulating contingency action
plan and management/policy plans:
a) Water demand management
b) Climate change impacts in Pakistan
c) Potential use of saline water
d) Asset protection of irrigation infrastructure.