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Problems in AgricultureBy: Muhammad Kamran, Maryam Zahid, KashafFatima, Khubaib ul Hassan, Ammara Jabeen
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OVERVIEW
Economy of Pakistan
GDP 23%
60% population
40% employments
But a lot of problems are there
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Limited cultivated area
Total area of Pakistan 79.6 million acre
23.5% under use
About 8-9 million area is un cultivated
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LOW YEILD
Low per acre yield in major crops
Like wheat, rice and cotton
Other countries get more because of skillful labor and use of technology
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Lack of facilities
Rural infrastructure is not good
Lack of education
Lack of transport
Improper storage
Poor road structure
Far away markets availability
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Uneconomic land holding
Increase in population
Division of land by law of inheritance
Further sub-divisions
Many numbers of farmers have less than 2 hectare land
Uneconomical - use of machinery
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Old methods of farming
Traditional methods
Old implements
Low yield
But now, modern methods are taking place
Traditional methods cannot compete with modern one
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Small numbers of research centers
In agricultural sector poor research
Limited research centers
Unavailability of recourses
Unavailability of seeds
No funds for research centers
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Market prices of Agri. Goods
Instable prices in our country
Cobweb theorem:
According to this theorem the price of one commodities is very high in one year and much lower in next year and vice versa.
Farmers get nothing.
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Farmers poor conditions
Financial crises of farmers
No money available for investment
Bank debts
Do not get much prize from crops
Far away from markets
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Crop intensity
Crop intensity is lower
The number of crops grown on piece of land is known as crop intensity
Low crop intensity than developed countries
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Land tenure system
land tenure system:
Common law system in which land is owned by an individual
Land lords buy fertile piece of land
Poor farmers get nothing with hard work
Low yield on defective land part
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Waterlogging and salinity
It causes when water-table is above 1.5 meter
Salts on surface
Stagnant water
Low plant growth
0.1 million acre land is affected
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Poor irrigation system
No proper canals, dams and barrages
Drought may happen
Water storage because of more rainfall
Steeling of water from canals
No proper division of water
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Low quality chemicals
Low quality fertilizers
Poor quality pesticides and other chemicals
Less availability of fertilizers to small farmers
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Unavailability of funds
Government is very poor
Have not money to spend on agriculture
Farmers are not financially strong
IMPROPER LOAN SYATEM
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Improper crop rotation
No crop rotation is done
No fertility is maintained
No nutrients enrich soil is maintained
Continuous cultivation damage the soil
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Unavailability of seeds
Lack of seed industries
Lack of seed production
Improper seed quality
Large money is spend on that industry
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No breeder’s attestation
No breeders and hybrid verities are at testified
No proper department
Lack of funding
Lack of government’s attention
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Political instability
Not stable political situations
Farmers are restricted to sell crops as raw materials
Due to political unrest, no investments by people
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Other problems
Various plant diseases
Natural calamities
Scarcity of (HYV) Seeds
Underutilization of land
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