47. Pakistan Economic Survey 2011-12 - Consultancy Services in ...

Agricultureagriculture. Livestock contributes 55.1 percent to (41.9 percent). The productionperformance ofagricultural value added–much more than the major crops is documented in Table 2.3.combinedcontributionn of major and minor cropsTable 2.3: Production of Major Crops(in thousands oftons)YearCotton(000 bales)SugarcaneRiceMaizeWheat2005-062006-072007-082008-092009-102010-112011-12(P)13,01912,85611,65511,81912,91411,46013,59544,66654,74263,92050,04549,37355,30958,0385,5475,4385,5636,9526,8834,8236,1603,1103,08883,6053,59333,2613,70774,27121,27723,29520,95924,03323,31125,21423,517(-8.7)(-1.2)(-9.3)(1.4)(9.4)(-11.3)(18.6)(-5.5)(22.6)(16.8)(-21.7)(-1.3)(12.0)(4.9)(10.4)(-2.0)(2.3)(25.0)(-1.0)(-30.0)(27.7)(11.2)(-0.7)(16.7)(-0.3)(-9.2)(13.7)(15.2)(-1.6)(9.5)(-10.0)(14.7)(-3.0)(8.2)(-6.7)Source: Pakistan Bureau of StatisticsP: Provisional (July-March), Figures inparentheses are growth/decline ratesa) Major Crops:i) Cotton:Cottonis an importantcashcrop whichsignificantly contributes to the national economyby providing raw material to the local textileindustry, surh as cotton lint as an export item.Itaccounts for 7.8 percent of value added inagriculture and 1.6 percent of GDP. During 2011-12, the crop was cultivated on anarea of 2835thousand hectares, 5.4 percent more than last year(2689 thousand hectares). The production isreported at 13.6 million bales during the period(July-March) 2011-12,higher by 18.6 percent overthe last year’s production which was 11.5 millionbales. The increase in cultivated area andproductionis attributed to the useof BT cotton,control over widespread attack of cotton leaf curlvirus (CLCV) and sucking pestss which helpedincrease in yield per hectare ascompared to lastyear. The area, production and yield of cotton forthe lastfive years isgiven in Table 2.4 and Figure2.1.Figure 2.1: Cotton Production (000 bales)1400013500130001250012000115001100007-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12(P)Source: PBSTable 2.4:YearArea, Production and Yield of CottonArea(0000 Hectare) % Change2007-082008-092009-102010-112011-12(P)30542820310626892835- 0.7-7.710.1-13.45.4Source: Pakistan Bureau of StatisticsP: Provisional (July-March)Production(000 Bales) % Change11655 - 9.3118191.4129149.311460 -11.313595 18.6Yield(Kgs/Hec)% Change649-8.77139.9707-0.87242.481512.619