Agriculture In Pakistan

Problems and
Recommendations
 OVERVIEW
• Agriculture Based Country

• Contributes 21% to GDP

• Employs 44% of total work-force

• Two Principal Crop Seasons

1) Kharif
2) Rabi
 GROWTH
PERFORMANCE
 PROBLEMS &
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Poverty
Recommendations:
Higher Growth on a sustained basis
• Volatility in Agricultural Growth
Recommendations:
More Warehousing Facilities
Expand Network of Agricultural Education
Centers
• Structural Issues
Recommendations:
Change policy-orientation from focusing
exclusively on price
Move towards yield enhancement
 PROBLEMS &
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Adequate and Timely Distribution of Water
Recommendations:
Improve infrastructure for distributing water
• Cotton
Recommendations:
Late sowing to be discouraged
Subsidy on phosphate & potash fertilizer may cont.
Growers to be encouraged to add micronutrients
Availability of insect specific pesticides
Special awareness programmes
 PROBLEMS &
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Wheat
Recommendations:
Disallow Wheat export
Adequate pricing of fertilizers
Sufficient Irrigation water
 OTHER
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Technological advancement
• Changes in price policy, trade policy,
and fiscal policy
• Strengthening the role of government
in providing rural infrastructure
• The government should remove all
price supports and controls
• Agricultural output prices should be
determined by the market.
 OTHER
RECOMMENDATIONS
• Research teams for Seeds, Soil etc
• Improvement in Canal System
• Training programmes
• Adult literacy programmes
• Decentralized Irrigation System
• Resolving disputes over irrigation
system
• Research on cropping systems