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Agricultural sector in Pakistan is not been much concerned with changes and transition over a period of time.

There is less observance behavior of this most burning issue of economy. This is booked in many bookish or any literature types, but need of the hour is to solve the issue faced by this most important of the economy. In different eras different changes have been taken in this sector by the ruling authorities. The very common example is the Bhutto land reforms in 1973.as it has not been a easy topic to concern and to deal with, the procedure itself is not being observed and investigation have been made limited in time and other limitation. There are many shortcomings of work in difference consequences. Different studies had been conducted, which are helpful to know the true position and changes in the following sector, as the work done by Prof. Mahmood Hassan Khan of the Simon Fraser University in Canada, whose work is Underdeveloped and Agriculture sector in Pakistan, west view press, boulder, 1981, and lectures on agrarian transformation in Pakistan, PIDE, Islamabad, 1985, do present a historical view and analysis of process of development itself. According to him, dealing with the green revolt was itself an excellent thrust to the condition and courses of changes in following sector. The contribution of agriculture in Pakistan Gross Domestic Product changes with the passage of time. As in 1949/50 it was the largest sector providing more than 53 % in GDP, then in 2002/03 this share decrease down sharply to 23.6 %, which was less of even one quarter. This is all despite the changes brought by Green revolution and other main steps in favor of agricultural promotion. In 1949/50 it was contributing more than half but now service sector is contributing more half and is twice as large as agriculture sector. There is also the reason behind the falling of this sector, that is fall in labor force from 1949/50, 65 % to 48 % today. Total cultivable area in Pakistan was 36.3 million acres in 1947.but in 2002/03 it was 54.10 million acre. The agriculture in Pakistan comprises of five subsectors containing main crops, trifling crops, livestock, fisheries and even forestry. Contribution of major crops is larger in GDP than others, as it is in 1980s was 51.87 % but in last few twenty years it is drops significantly due to the increase in livestock farming and production, and reaches to 40.64 %. In Pakistan agricultural calendar is divided by two crops seasons, Rabi (winter) and Kharif (summer). In Rabi season crops are Wheat, and tobacco which is the largest cash crop. In Kharif crops are cotton and sugar cane, both are cash crops and with these is grown rice, which is the main food crop. Crops of the Kharif season are the constituents of Pakistans exports and provide large contribution.

After one decade of Pakistans independence there became a system to report agricultural sector that was launched in 1955. Another reason is that the progress from this sector is valued at overvalued exchange rate, while making it less profitable. Second one is the fixed tax on this during 1960-1971 range to an average of 89 %. Third one is the barter deal, which is a common characteristic of international trade of Pakistan. In this way Pakistans agricultural exports are exchanged at industrial machinery, causing the disadvantage to the agricultural producers.

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