What Agricultural Sector of Pakistan Will Yield in 2021?
The water availability during the Kharif season is expected to reach 67.60 million acre-feet, up from 65.233 million acre-feet last year
Recent statistics of the agricultural sector sketch an image of production yields of Rabi and Kharif crops in 2021 which is going to be impactful on economic growth of Pakistan.
The statistics show that Pakistan’s share of the agricultural economy is 18% and about 40% population of the country was directly and indirectly employed.
The main reason for the current rise and fall of economic momentum in the country was due to large crops including wheat, cotton, sugarcane, and rice.
The production of such crops has accelerated the pace of economic growth and simultaneously, a decline in their production will have a direct impact on the economy.
Wheat, potato, and rice were placed in “Important Rabi crops of 2021” category.
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For 2021, the wheat crop is almost ready that has been planted on a total area of 9.91 million hectares, whereas the production is estimated at 26.04 million tons.
This is calculated to be 1.7% more as compared to last year.
Moreover, potato comes second on the crop list, which has been planted on 226.1 thousand hectares area and production estimate is 5724.7 thousand tons.
The potato crop is expected to increase by 829.7% compared to the previous year.
Moreover, 6.332 million tons of rice have been produced this year.
Kharif crops
Pakistan’s Kharif crops including cotton are in decline for several consecutive years and last year, the locusts’ attacks added insult to the injury.
The cotton crop has been planted on 2.33 million hectares and its production target has been set at 10.05 million bales.
Rice crop is likely to be planted on 3.07 million hectares and its production target has been set at 8.2 million tons.
Similarly, the authorities have outlined plans to increase production targets for chilies, corn (Maize), black gram skinned (Mash Dal), and yellow split gram (Moong Dal).
In addition to it, sugarcane is expected to be planted on 1.18 million hectares in the next season and the production target is expected to be 74.84 million tons.
It is also anticipated that the water availability during the Kharif season is expected to reach 67.60 million acre-feet, up from 65.233 million acre-feet last year, lowering the fears of water scarcity for Kharif crops.
