Name of Commodity Rice Technical Name

Oryza sativa
Punjab Sindh KP Balochistan Pakistan
Area Mill acre 2.5 mill 690.2 K 361.2 153.5 K 2571.3 mill hectare
hectare hectare mill hectare
hectare
Production mill tons 3277.0 2260.0 94.7 528.6 6160.3

Yield tones /acre 1888 kg 3441 kg 2394kg 3262 kg 2442 kg

/hectare /hectare /hectar /hectare /hectare
Per capita requirement 12.16 kg 0.00 0.00 0.00 21.9 kg

Annual Import
Million tons Value Million Rs $33.7M

7,516,036,
860.0

Annual Export
Million tons 4,200 Value Million Rs477,279, $2.14B
thousan 492,000
d tons
Seed import (If any)
Million tons Value Million Rs477,279, $
492,000
International Information
Top 5 producing Countries
Name of country China India Indonesia Banglades Vietnam
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Production million tons 212.84 130.29 55.27 25.0 43.9 million metric
million million million million tons
metric tons tons tons
tons
Yield tons per acre 6.5 31.5 25 2.72 tons 4.3 tons/hectare
Matric quintals quintals /hectare
tons /acer /acer
/acer

List of top varieties Green Basmati Jasmine Bamboo Wild Rice

Super Rice
Rice Rice Rice
PARC Varieties Shahkar
Provincial Varieties Swati-1 Swati-2 Swati-2014 DR-82 Dilrosh-98

Major yield constrains i) Increased salinity from saltwater intrusion

ii) Poor weed control and high disease occurrence
iii) low input use, uneven patterns of rainfall and poor soil fertility
Suggestions to overcome i) ) Development of new rice varieties with high yield potential
ii) Improved crop management practices such as nitrogen fertilization and
irrigation
iii) Improvement of resistances to major diseases, insects and to major
abiotic stresses such as drought and heat, and the establishment of integrated
crop
management.