What is Agriculture in Pakistan?
[[Image:Farmer in Pakistan.jpg|thumb| a common farmer in rural Pakistan]] [[File:Pakistan Agriculture.png|300px|thumb|Agriculture and land use in Pakistan. (''Only major crops'')]] '''Pakistan''''s principal natural resources are arable land and water. About 25% of Pakistan's total land area is under cultivation and is watered by one of the largest irrigation systems in the world. [[Agriculture]] accounts for about 23% of GDP and employs about 44% of the labor force. Pakistan is one of the world's largest producers and suppliers of the following according to the 2005 [[Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations]] and [[FAOSTAT]] given here with ranking: * [[Chickpea]] (2nd) * [[Apricot]] (4th) * [[Cotton]] (4th) * [[Sugarcane]] (4th) ''(National Juice of Pakistan)'' * [[Milk]] (5th) * [[Onion]] (5th) * [[Date Palm]] (6th) * [[Mango]] (7th) ''(National fruit of Pakistan)'' * Tangerines, mandarin orange, clementine (8th) * [[Rice]] (8th) * [[Wheat]] (9th) * [[Orange (fruit)|Oranges]] (10th) Pakistan ranks fifth in the Muslim world and twentieth worldwide in farm output. It is the world's fifth largest milk producer. Agriculture is the back bone of Pakistan's economy.{{fact|date=January 2022}} Agriculture has also been the main source of [[population growth]] in Pakistan.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pakistan Agriculture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4ZLAAAAYAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Finance Industry Publications}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Asia-stub}} [[Category:Agriculture by country|Pakistan]] [[Category:Economy of Pakistan]]