The document summarizes Pakistan's agriculture sector. It states that agriculture accounts for about 21% of Pakistan's GDP and 43% of the labor force. The top crops are wheat, sugarcane, cotton, rice, and maize. Pakistan is a major global producer and exporter of cotton, rice, fruits, and dairy. Livestock also contributes significantly to the economy, with Pakistan being the 4th largest milk producer. The government aims to further develop the agriculture sector through loans, subsidies, and other initiatives.

2. Umar Khalid
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Pakistan
Economic

3. The
Arthi
And
The
Beopari

4. THE ARTHI AND BEOPARI
Arthi are the licenesed commision agent
The beopari are the contractor or middle man
The farmers can only sell his produce through a
licenesed commision agent like arthi.the commision
agent gets commisions of 5% on fruit and 8% on
vegetables on the produce sold in the auction

5. What is agriculture?
Pakistan principal natural resources are arable land and
water.
About 25% of Pakistan's agriculture accounts for about
21% of GDP and employs about 43% of the labour force.
In Pakistan, the most agricultural province in Punjab
where wheat and cotton are the most grown.
Mango orchards are mostly found in Sindh and Punjab
Pakistan the world’s 4th largest producer of mangoes.
Rabi (winter).
Kharif(summer).

11. Ranking
Pakistan is one of the world's largest producers and suppliers of
food and crops according to the different sources.
Apricot (6th)
Cotton(4th)
Milk(8th)
Date Palm(5th)
Sugarcane(5th)
Onion (7th)
Kinnow, mandarin oranges, (6th)
Mango (4th)
Wheat (7th)
Rice (11th)

12. Livestock
According to the Economic Survey of Pakistan In
2014, the livestock sector contributes about half of the
value added in the agriculture sector, amounting to
nearly 11 per cent of Pakistan's GDP.
24.2 million cattle
26.3 million buffaloes,
24.9 million sheep,
56.7 million goats
0.8 million camels.

13. Cont..
These animals produce 29.472 million tons of milk
(making Pakistan the 4th largest producer of milk in the
world)
1.115 million tons of beef,
0.740 million tons of mutton,
0.416 million tons of poultry meat,
8.528 billion eggs,
40.2 thousand tons of wool,
21.5 thousand tons of hair,
51.2 million skins and hides.

16. Crops
The most important crops are
 wheat
sugarcane
 cotton
 rice
 maze
which together account for more than 75% of the value of
total crop output.
Pakistan exports rice, cotton, fish, fruits (especially Oranges
and Mangoes), and vegetables
imports vegetable oil, wheat, pulses and consumer foods

17. WheatWheat production in Pakistan, Asia’s third-largest
producer, is likely at 25.5 million tons, that will leave
the country with a surplus of a few tons that can be
exported.
 export of 1.2 million tons of wheat
Pakistan wheat mostly exports to China, Saudi Arabia,
Afghanistan, Iran ,UAE .

22. RICE
Rice production in Pakistan holds an extremely
important position in agriculture and the
national economy.
Pakistan is the world's 4th largest producer of rice.
Rice is an important Kharif crop.
Each year, it produces an average of 6 million tons .
Pakistan export rice $1.7 billion (8.5%)

25. Cotton production in Pakistan
Cotton production is 15 million bales of 470 pounds
(210 kg) each in the form of phutti (seed cotton)
during 2016–17, which was an 11% rise compared to the
previous season (2014–15).
Production-wise, as of 2016–17, Pakistan occupied the
fourth position among the cotton growers of the world,
the first three being China, India and the United
Statesmen development of the country.

26. Cont..
474,091 bales of 470 lbs. each were exported during the
2014–15 season, an increase from 382,006 bales in
2012–13.
The cotton and textile industries play a dominant role
in exports;
cotton accounts for 55 percent of country's export
earnings
Pakistan has a 14% share of the world's cloth exports.

30. Maize
In Pakistan, maize is the 4th largest grown crop after
wheat, cotton and rice.
The area under maize here is over one million hectares
and production 3.5 million metric tons.
Punjab contributes 39 per cent of the total area under
maize and 30 per cent of total production
KPK contributes 56 per cent of the total area and 63
per cent of the production.
Five per cent of the total area and three per cent of the
total production is contributed by Sindh and
Baluchistan.

34. Sugarcane
Pakistan occupies an important position in cane
producing countries of the world.
It ranks at the 5TH position in cane acreage and
production and Sugarcane is grown on an area of more
or less one million hectares in Pakistan.
The Punjab shares 62 %, Sindh 26 % and N.W.F.P.
shares 16 % of the total area.
Most 15th position in sugar production.

35. Area and yield of sugarcane in some major cane growing countries
Country Area (000 ha) Cane yield (t/ha)
Brazil 4055 61.3
India 2862 59.9
Cuba 1350 49.6
China 1060 53.9
Pakistan 759 35.4
Mexico 555 70.5
Thailand 510 47.2
Philippines 338 43.2
Columbia 329 76.1
USA 322 83.9
Australia 310 82.0
Argentina 300 46.6
Indonesia 300 85.0
South Africa 253 81.1
Bangladesh 166 40.0
Vietnam 160 39.1
D. Republic of Korea 148 49.3
Egypt 115 82.2
TOTAL 15920 58.5

38. Conclusion
 Pakistan agriculture sector is being develop in
different areas and government also want to take
action I the progress and to promote the agriculture
 Government make ADBP and ZTBL to give loans to the
farmers at low rate and provide them subsidies