agricultural problems in pakistan

AGRICULTURAL PROBLEMS IN PAKISTAN.

05/01/2305/01/23 11IMRAN BASHIRIMRAN BASHIR

IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE IN PAKISTAN

Agricultural sectors is the backbone of Pakistan’s economy. Most of the people are under the impression that agriculture has nothing to do with the economic development.Its wrong to assure that agriculture is not a part of the development activity of a country. Infect it is very much part of it. About 66% of Pakistan’s population is living in the rural areas. The agricultural sector of Pakistan provides employment to a large number of people. Agricultural sector contributes 24% in GDP.


PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN PAKISTAN.

Feudalistic system. Under utilization of land. Under utilization of man power. Lack of water supply. Water logging and salinity. Lack of capital. Illiterate farmers. Irrigation problems. Inadequate use of inputs. Inadequate in agriculture research.


No forest university No marketing services Middle man Defective land reforms Insufficient credit policies No innovation Sub-Division of Holding Old methods of Cultivation Natural calamities Inferior quality seeds


Inappropriate role of media wrong policies of Government Low cropping intensity Lack of initiative


STEPS TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE AGRICULTURAL PROBLEMS

Consolidation of holdings Credit Facilities Improvement of Irrigation system Moderns methods of cultivation Supply of Fertilizer Use of improved quality seeds Water logging and salinity control Educational facilities Crops protections Farm mechanization


Expansion of rural educations Elimination of feudal system Expansion of mechanized Agriculture Timely supply of agriculture credit Proper agriculture marketing Cooperative farming Construction of basic infra-structure Proper agriculture policy


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