Important food crops found in pakistan..their production rates, export rates, consuming rates in pakistan are explained with pictures

1. Important food crops of Pakistan
Presented by :
Ujala Ejaz
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Bajra/Pearl Millet
Joo/Barley
Sorghum

5. wheat

8. Wheat production in Pakistan

9. Wheat production in different region
of Pakistan

10. Wheat at vegetative stage

11. Wheat at reproductive stage

12. Wheat grains

13. Wheat grains product

14. Rice

16. Rice production of Pakistan

17. Production, consumption and export
of rice by year 2016/2017
• 2016/17 rice production is forecast at 6.9 million
tons
• MY 2016/17 consumption is forecast at 2.95
million tons increased slightly from the last year.
• MY 2015/16 rice exports are projected at 4.2
million tons up five percent from the last year's
revised figure of 4.0 million metric tons. Though
Pakistan's rice exports are increasing gradually,

18. Production of Rice in different regions
of Pakistan

19. Rice at vegetative stage

20. Rice at reproductive stage

21. Rice grains

22. Rice grain product

23. Maize

25. Maize annual production rates in
Pakistan
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26. Maize at vegetative stage

27. Maize at reproductive stage

28. Maize grains

29. Maize grain product

30. Bajra or pearl millet

31. Pearl Millet/Bajra
• Pearl Millet is grown for grain as well as for
fodder production
• In Pakistan, Pearl Millet is sown on 1.2
million acres
• its production is 0.3 million tons.

32. Pearl Millet/Bajra
• Despite its economic importance this crop has
received little attention compared with wheat,
rice and maize.
• During last few years, due to increase in
population and industrialization, area under
pearl millet has decreased dramatically.

33. Bajra or pearl millet at vegetative stage

34. Bajra or pearl millet at reproductive stage

35. Bajra grains

36. Millet/bajra grains product

37. Barley or joo

38. Barley or joo
• Barley producon per year is 158 thousand
tons
• Barley average yeild is 696 kg /ha
• Barley producing district of Pakistan :
• Dir , Bahawalnagar , khuzdar , Chitral ,
and Thatta

39. Joo or barley at vegetative stage

40. Joo/barley at reproductive stage

41. Barley grains

42. Barley food product

43. Sorghum/jowar

44. Sorghum
• Sorghum locally known as jawar and is grown
as a fodder crop in Pakistan.
• It is dual purpose crop of kharif season.
• Sorghum is a warm-season, short-day annual
grass.

45. Sorghum
Sorghums can be classified into two types:
• Forage type (animal consumption) and the
• Grain types (human consumption).

46. Sorghum at vegetative stage

47. Sorghum/jowar grains

48. Sorghum at reproductive stage

49. Food products of sorghum