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Agri Sector EOP Lect 4th Week
Agri Sector EOP Lect 4th Week
SADIA AHMAD
The
2nd largest sector of Economy.
Agriculture
sector in Pakistan is
divided into Sub sectors:
Crops
Livestock
Fisheries
Forestry
Major
Crops (Wheat, Cotton, Rice, and Sugar
cane)
25.2%
Livestock 55.4 %
phases.
The
growth in agriculture sector has
not been satisfactory due to
Old cultivation methods,
Lack of Motivation
Small land holdings,
Natural catastrophe,
Pest attacks.
However
heavy rains and snowfall over Himalayan
and Karakoram range creates the greatest
rivers which
irrigates Pakistan and India.
million hectors.
The
artificial irrigation system nearly fetch
44% of the
cultivatable land in Pakistan.
million hectors).
There
are three broad institutional
arrangements.
1.Owner cultivation,
2.Owner-cum-tenant cultivation,
3. Pure tenant cultivation.