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Introduction of Agriculture
Practice of cultivating soil producing crops and raising livestock
Agriculture derives from Latin Language Field and cultivates ,Ager ( field) and colo
(cultivate) and in Latin agricultura
System of Agriculture is depended on one equation
Inputs +Process = Outputs
Inputs are of two types Natural (Physical) and Human ( capital )
Three main Types of Farming in Pakistan
Small scale subsistence
Cash Crop
Livestock
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Main crops
Minor or other crops
Wheat
A staple food
By product as feed for livestock
Canal irrigated areas of Punjab and Sindh
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Wheat
Temperature favorable for cultivation in October and harvesting in
May
Rich alluvial plains are the best
Water logging areas are not suitable for wheat
Also grown in Barani ( rain fed ) areas of Plateaus
Plains for wheat must be well drained
Mostly two time water is needed one month after sowing and one
month before harvesting
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Wheat
Mild temperature at the time of growing and warm temperature at
the time ripening
Needs minimum 90 and maximum 120 days growing period with mild
moist weather
90% of area is under wheat cultivation
High yielding variety is Maxi Pak per hectare,Shahkhan 95, wadnak 95
kohson 95
Desi varieties are mostly used in subsistence Farming
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Rice
Important export item for Foreign exchange
Punjab and Sindh is main area for production
Northern Hilly areas as terraced fields
Seeds are initially into beds of nurseries
9 inch high plant is transplanted into prepared (ploughing)
fields with water 30 to 37 cm
Fields are kept full of water up to ripe
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Rice
The water is drained off for harvesting to begin
After threshing , rice is taken into the rice mills for processing
Rice Husk are used for making cardboards and covering roofs of houses
Basmati super, irri 6 Rechna , Pajhal and few Desi varieties
Level ground can be more easily irrigated
Requires plenty of water during growing period and a sunny harvesting
time
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Cotton
The king of Fiber
Widely used in textile
Kharif crop ( April May to October November )
Seed distance 30cm to 45 cm
Two waters after cultivation
Cotton balls ripen in dry months of October and November
After picking cotton balls transported to ginning mills
Seeds are separated from Lint ( fluffy mass of fibre inside cotton ball )
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Cotton
With the help of anti locusts and fertilizers per hectare yield can be up to 700
KG
Moisture less than 500mm irrigation is necessary
Rain at picking span spoils the quality of lint
Pesticides and insecticides are needed and aerial spray
Leaf curl virus is the main cause for fruit shedding
HYVs Nayyab 78 B 557 149F and old one like Pak upload and Desi
PARC (Pakistan Agricultural Research Council ) is working for new HYVs
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Sugar cane
Important crop for the production of white sugar, brown sugar and Gur
Kharif crop cultivated in April May
Seeds are converted into stalks of the full heighted sugar cane plant
Stalks are made in such a way that Knot of the plant must be in the centre is
called ac eye in Agriculture
The distance between each stalk will be maintained up to 30 cm during
cultivation process
The size must be up to 30 cm high
Quality and sugar contents in plant depends on good irrigation , potash
fertilizer and pesticide treatment
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Sugar cane
The height of the plant rises up to 6 or 7 feet high
After harvesting again it Rattooned 2 to 3 successive years
Delayed transportation to sugar mills reduce the sugar content and losing
weight
The process in sugar mills is in different steps
1. scrubbed with chalk to remove smell and dirt
2. Crushing process to extract juice by heavy rollers
3. further processed with chemicals to make crystal like white sugar
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Sugar cane
In villages gur and brown sugar are prepared by heating process
There are two major by-Products Bagasse and molasses
Bagasse , fiber or waste after the crushing or extraction of juice
Used to make paper , chipboard , and animal feed
Molasses, liquid left over after the process of crystallization of sugar
Valuable raw material for the production of citric acid, cattle feed , bakers
yeast , synthetic rubber etc.
Also used for the chemical industry and, used in boilers to produce steam for
the generation of power in sugar mills
Sugar cane can give the yield per hectare as 37.5 tones
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Minor or other crops
Maize Kharif crop and food grain , raw material for edible oil
Used in the manufacturing of corn flour , custard powder and other processed
food
Used as fodder for animals and poultry
Grown in porous soil
Pulses
Part of local diet and rich with proteins
Fix the nitrogen in soil to fertile the Land
Low value crop
Mung Mash Grams and Masoor are important pulses
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Minor crops
Millets
Jowar and Bajra coarser cereals con be ground into flour
Drought resistant crops
Grown on poorer sandy soils
Oil Seeds
Sunflower mustard sarson rai sesame linseed and castor seed
32% demand of edible oil by local production remaining 68% being imported
Tobacco
65% of the total production in KPK Mardan and Peshawar remaing in Sialkot
Gujranwala and Multan
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Minor crops
Fruits
In two conditions as orchards and fruit trees in and around fields of other
crops
Dates are grown in Baluchistan and Sindh main area is Khairpur
Bananas are grown in Sindh Hyderabad and south east of Punjab
Mangos are grown in Multan Kanpur and southern Punjab and northern Sindh
Oranges are grown in central and eastern Punjab with other citrus fruits
Guava water melon Mellon strawberry are grown in central Punjab
Apples cherry Almonds apricot and grapes are grown in Mountains of Pakistan
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Live stock Farming
The oldest and most common occupation in Pakistan
In the time of British SHAMILAT was fixed for every village called as grazing
fields
Livestock is an important part of Rural life
Three types Nomadic Transhumance Settled
Nomadic
In Baluchistan and the desert areas of Punjab and Sindh And consider as
subsistence livestock Farming
Move from place to place in search of grazing areas and water
Mostly camel sheep and goats are in their flocks
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Livestock
Transhumance
Keeping of animals in upper pastures and lower pastures
Transhumance livestock is common in Northern and high altitudes of western
mountains
Goats sheep and cattle are main animals
High pastures of Himalayas and Karakoram are Yak and dzu ( cross breed of
yak and cattle )
Meat , dairy products , wool and skin are the main outputs may be sold as
excess over subsistence Needs
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Livestock
Settled Livestock
Subsistence Farming in the villages of Punjab and Sindh
Cattle and poultry is used for the needs of the family
Settled farming is mainly based on Inputs process and outputs
Wool skin and meat are sold to buy new or more animals and other necessities
of life
Main outputs are Milk Meat wool Eggs and leather
Mostly outputs are minimal
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Livestock commercial Farms
Practiced either on small scale private farms or on large scale by Government
or Military Farms
Use of all scientific methods
Mostly in Pakistan urban supply of milk still come from buffalo herds kept on
vacant plots without any drainage system and hygienic arrangements
Valuable product cattle dung used for manure and fuel
To boost livestock production Cross breeding is introduced and early weaning
diets method is used for buffalo and cow calves to save milk for human
consumption
Veterinary facilities and training for workers is practiced with increasing
urbanization
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Importance of Livestock
Draught power in the traditional fields, ploughing , threshing , harvesting ,
Persian wheel and transport
Provision of food for the human like milk ,ghee ,butter , cheese ,eggs and
meat
Provide raw material for domestic industry, processed milk , leather ,wool
,meat and milk products
13% share in export items linked with cottage industry
Contributes 10% GDP
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Main Livestock Resources
Cattle (Bulls and Cows )
Breeds Bhagnari , Dhani , Red Sindhi , Sahiwal , Thari
Used for draught power and milk , meat and leather
Common farm animals and rearing is matter of prestige
Buffaloes
Nilli bar , Kundi , Ravi and Desi
Main source of milk and meat
Not important as work animals
Produce 70% of total milk
Slaughtered when they stop producing milk
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Main Livestock Resources
Like to remain in water most of the time
Canal irrigated areas of Punjab and Sindh are best suited areas
Sheep and Goats
Kept for wool and meat
Demand of mutton in urban areas
Sure footed animal can survive in variety of landforms and climate
Can nibble thin grass
Present in all types of livestock in Pakistan
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Main resources of Livestock
Poultry
Source of wheat meat and eggs
Demand of poultry is high due to increase in production
Reasonable price and use of meat in most of the dishes
More preference to white meat than red meat , more healthier
Commercial farms are developed as the layer breed for eggs and broiler breed
for meat
Desi , misri and other imported breeds are also introduced on commercial
farms
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Problems of Livestock
Few veterinary hospitals and vaccination centers
Grazing unirrigated grounds causes soil erosion
Unhygienic conditions causes make animals unhealthy
Traditional breeding methods results in low quality animals
Insufficient breeding for Quality
Lack of grazing grounds cause over grazing
High prices of animal feed cause difficult to keep them near market
Insufficient market system of milk and meat
Gap in prices of products in urban and rural areas
Inadequate facilities for storage of Meat and Milk
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Development strategy for livestock
To promote the livestock and poultry, the Government should provide the
incentives
Selective and cross breeding
Programmes to fatten the livestock
Control of diseases and better animal husbandry practices
Vaccination facilities
Cultivation of fodder crops and make grazing fields
Establishment of veterinary research institutes
To make livestock handling training centers
Enhancement of NARC ( National Agricultural Research Council )
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Location of Main resources of Livestock in
Pakistan
Main cattle areas
Dir (KPK)
Punjab
Sargodha , Gujarat , Jhang ,Bahawalnagar , Muzafargarh ,Multan , Bahawalpur
and Rahimyarkhan
Lasbela ( Baluchistan )
Main sheep areas
Waziristan ( KPK )
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Location of main resources of Pakistan
Baluchistan
Zhob , Qila saifullah ,Lorelai , Kholo , Kalat , Khuzdar
Punjab
Jhang , Dera Ghazi khan ,Muzafargrah , Rajanpur , Bahawalpur and
Bhawalnagar
Main Buffalo areas
Sialkot,Sargodha,Gujranwala,Lahore, Faisalabad,Toba tek singh,Okara,sahiwal
jhang,vehari,Multan,Muzafargarh,bahawalnagar,Bahawalpur and
Rahimyarkhan ( Punjab )
Hyderabad ( Sindh)
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Main Goat Areas
Dir ( Kpk )
Baluchistan
Zhob , Lorelai , Kholo ,Kalat , Khuzdar
Sindh
Sanghar and Tharparkar
Punjab
Sargodha ,jhang ,Gujarat ,Faisalabad ,Sahiwal , Muzafargarh , Bahawalnagar
,Multan , Bahawalpur ,Rahimyarkhan
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Factors Affecting Farming
Natural Human ( Economics )
Landforms or Topography Marketing
Soil Size of Farm
Water including rainfall High yielding varieties
Temperature Irrigation
Pest and insect diseases Mechanization
Fertilizers
Plant Protection
Programmes
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Marketing 0f Agricultural Products
Business Activity
Directed agricultural production from Farms to the consumer
Factors are transportation , processing , storage , wholesale , and retail
Agricultural marketing is disorganized with lack of transport and a large
number of intermediaries
Resulting in increase in costs and reducing output
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Size of Farms
Subsistence farm is small
Population pressure and laws of inheritance converts into small cultivation
units
These size of farms are uneconomic
Machinery cannot be used
Small and fragmented holdings are difficult to supervise
Lack of loans to develop small holdings
Irrigation is difficult
Lack of experiments and training
Low production and Low profit
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Plant Protection Programme
Pest and insects cause big loss of crops
P P Programmes can be preventative and curative
Prepare treated seeds to be resistant to diseases
Spraying of insecticides and pesticides
Control of Locusts
Aerial spraying
Pest scouting advisory
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Land Reforms Of Pakistan
Inherited a land tenure system based on Feudalism
In 1947, 7% of the landowners owned 53% of the land
To increase the productivity of the land necessary to break up the assets and
security to landless peasants
To abolish the Zamindari system
So 1n 1948 , a land form committee was formed and its recommendations to
the Government but could not approved due to strong positions of landlords in
National and provincial Assemblies
1959 Muhammad Ayub Khan
Ownership 200 hectares irrigated and 400 hectares non irrigated
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Land Reforms of Pakistan
1959 Exemptions
For orchards 60 hectares
Gift / Hiba land 200 hectares
Limitless land for Educational institutions
Compensation to Landlords
The recipients to pay the price of land installments at different slab rates
Tenants ownership on payment of the price of land installments
Conditions of tenancy ,landlord could not eject the tenant without the
violation of condition tenancy
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Consolidation of holdings
A programme was announced for consolidation of Holdings less than the
minimum size
1972 Land Reforms
60 hectares irrigated and 120 unirrigated
All exemptions withdrawn except for recognized educational institutions
Shikargahs or hunting grounds were under state control
Compensation for the land acquired from Landlords
Distribution of land to tenants without any payment
Landlords could not eject the tenants on his own will
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Land forms of Pakistan
If the landlord wanted to sell the land first right was the tenant to purchase it
Consolidation of land continued as 1959 reforms
1977 Land Reforms
No exemptions ,owners with tractors and tubewells were allowed an addition
at 2000 PIUs (per index units )
Fixed compensation with value of Rs 30 PIU
Distribution of land in tenants free of cost
Consolidation of holdings continued as 1959 reforms
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Effects of Land Reforms
The desired results could not be achieved
Lack of sincerity and political will in implementation
Incomplete land records of Barani Land
Implementation of Land reforms were easily manipulate by the powerful
Landlords, the agencies who had responsibility to implement
Paper exercise in real the same landlords are still the owners of their Lands
The aims of Land reforms are
Breaking the hold of the Landlords
Equitable distribution of Land
Protection of the rights of tenants
Consolidation of holdings
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Farming and Environment
Modern methods of farming have great benefits to the people by increasing
yield / hectare
Damage of environment by
The use of Fertilizers
Pesticides, a Hazard for human health
The removal of vegetation
Irrigation
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Government Efforts for the Improvement
Which statement do you agree with more ? Give reasons for your answer and
refer the places or examples you have observed in Pakistan to support your
answer ?