AGRICULTURE IN PAKISTAN

AGRICULTURE IN PAKISTAN

Pakistan's principal natural resources are arable land and water. About 25% of Pakistan's accounts for about 21.2% of GDP and employs about 43% of the labor force. In Pakistan, the most agricultural province is Punjab where wheat and cotton are the most grown. Some people also have mango orchards but due to some problems like weather, they're not found in a big range……..

RAKINGS:

Pakistan is one of the world's largest producers and

suppliers of the following according to the different

sources i.e. Food and Agriculture Organization of The

United Nations and FAOSTAT given here with ranking:

Chickpea (2nd)

Apricot (6th)

Cotton (4th)

Milk (5th)

Date Palm (5th)

Sugarcane (5th)

Onion (7th)

Kinnow, mandarin oranges, clementine (6th)

Mango (4th)

Wheat (7th)

Rice (14th)………..

SUGAR CANE:

Sugarcane, or Sugar cane, is any of six to 37 species

(depending on which taxonomic system is used) of

tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum,

tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to

tropical regions of South Asia.

DATE PALMS

Phoenix dactylifera (date, or date palm]) is a palm in

the genus Phoenix, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit.

Although its place of origin is unknown because of

long cultivation, it probably originated from lands

around Iraq………..

DATE PALM IN PAKISTAN:

SUKKHAR,SINDH

MANGO:

The mango is a fleshy stone fruit belonging to the

genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous tropical

fruiting trees, that are cultivated mostly for edible fruits.

The majority of these species are found in nature as wild

mangoes. They all belong in the flowering

plant family Anacardiaceae. The mango is native to South

Asia, from where it has been distributed worldwide to

become one of the most cultivated fruits in

the tropics……………………

RIPE SINDHRI MANGOS FROM SINDH PAKISTAN

THANK YOU…………………..