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DR Rizwan Yaseen: Presentation Topic: Critical Issues of Agriculture Presentation To
DR Rizwan Yaseen: Presentation Topic: Critical Issues of Agriculture Presentation To
DR Rizwan Yaseen: Presentation Topic: Critical Issues of Agriculture Presentation To
Presented by:
M.Asad Roll No: 5117
MS.c Economics
3rd semester
Critical issues
Introduction
Agriculture sector feeds the people and
provides raw material for industries and
finally serves as a market for industrial
products.
The agriculture is a major sector of the
economy.
It’s total area is about 70.64 million
hectares.The cultivated area is 27.76 % and
5.35% is under desert , mountain etc.
Classifications of Agriculture
Major Crops
Minor crops
Live stock
Fisheries
Forestry
Agricultural contribution to GDP%
Agricultural 1949/50 1980/1 2002/3 2011/12
Lack of Capital
Lack of Technology
Lack of Education
Water logging & Salinity
Uneconomic holding
Under Utilization of Land
Lack of Water
Lack of Credit
Natural Climate
Inadequate use of inputs
Inadequate agriculture research
Lack of Agro based industries
Market imperfection
Unstable prices
Lack of Infrastructure facilities
Inferior qualities of seeds
High cost of production
Consumption oriented society
Population pressure
Primitive techniques of production
Illiteracy
Political instability
Lack of Proper Supervision
Land Utilization: 1947-2012(in Millions of Hectares, with
a Total Area of 79.61 Million Hectares)
Year Reported Not Total Area sown Total
area available for area More than cropped
cultivation cultivated once area
1947/8 46.70 20.82 14.69 0.95 11.63
1960-65 50.52 18.94 17.78 1.68 15.08
1965-70 52.98 19.08 19.19 1.99 16.28
1970-75 53.53 20.50 19.21 2.54 17.04
1975-80 54.27 20.62 19.84 3.30 18.44
1980-85 56.29 21.29 20.32 4.09 19.68
1985-90 57.87 23.97 20.78 4.79 20.49
1990-95 58.04 24.49 21.17 5.70 21.86
1995-2000 59.12 24.51 21.90 6.37 22.83
2000-05 59.43 24.31 22.17 6.78 22.35
2005-10 57.13 23.20 21.67 7.66 23.66
2010-12p 57.76 23.4 22.1 7.03 22.73
Current Data
Agricultural pricing policy
Agricultural pricing policy refers to
determine the prices of an agricultural
inputs and outputs so that an incentive
to produce certain goods in desired
quatities
Objective of Agricultural pricing
policy
To remove uncertainty
To increase production
Investment
To use better inputs
Increasing output of exporting crops
For economics growth
Better use of resources
Farm Mechanization
What is farm mechanization?
Mechanical technology
Chemical technology
Hydro logical technology
Impact of farm Mechanization
Increase in productivity
Reduce losses
Increase in Income
Standard of living
Increase in wages
Use of chemical
Water supply
Farm Reporting Use Of Importing
Agriculture Machinery
Farm All farms Tractors Tube Wells/Pumps
Size(acre
s) Owned Rented Owned Rented
All sizes 4,449 285 3288 479 1,422
100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Under 5.0 2097 31 1,617 113 745
47% 11% 49% 24% 52%
5.0-12.5 1,521 82 1,151 181 485
34% 29% 35% 38% 34%
12.5-25.0 553 77 375 101 144
12% 27% 11% 21% 10%
50.0- 69 31 30 25 9
150.0 2% 11% 1% 5% 1%
150.0and 11 7 3 5 1
above 0.25% 2.46% 0.09% 1.04% 0.07%
Number of Private Tractors by
Horsepower
Units Total Below 26-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 Above Not
tractors 26 65 reported