AGRICULTURAL DYNAMICS IN PAKISTAN: CURRENT ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS
Fawad Zafar Ahmad Khana, Muhammad Sagheera b, Mansoor ul Hasana b, Hafiza Tahira Gulc d, Feehan Hassana b, Syed Amir Manzoore f, Atif Wahidc d
- aUniversity of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
- bUniversity of Agriculture , Faisalabad , Pakistan
- cBahauddin Zakariya University , Multan , Pakistan
- dBahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
- ePMAS-Arid Agriculture University , Rawalpindi , Pakistan
- fPMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Papers open inside SciRah from the original publisher or repository; SciRah never hosts them.
Abstract
Agriculture is heavily contributing towards the economy of Pakistan.Water deficiency and drought conditions, long duration load shedding issue, poor extension services, absence of land reforms, absence of distribution of certified varieties, high price of fertilizers, deliberate use of adulterated, non-recommended and expired insecticides, non utilization of cultivable waste land, conventional farming practices, indirect access of farmer to main market, absence of ecological based cropping pattern, smuggling of agricultural inputs and outputs, lack of cooperation between agricultural research, education & extension services, absence of crop insurance, depletion of forests, lack of modern post-harvest technologies and disease outbreaks of poultry birds are some of the key issues that are playing a negative role in demotion of agricultural sector in Pakistan.The review article will briefly discuss above mentioned issues and some of the possible remedies under the environment of Pakistanand their adoption to improve the agricultural productivity in the country.