KP Mineral Sector Overview
Agriculture
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• Cultivated area is 29.53 percent and irrigated area is 50 percent of the
cultivated area (Planning & Development, 2015).
Land use intensity is 61.71 percent and cropping intensity is 106.02 percent
(SMEDA, 2010).
The major agricultural crops of the province include Wheat, Maize, Tobacco,
Gram, Jowar, Bajra, Barley, Rice, Sugarcane, Sugar Beet, Fruits and
Vegetables.
A total of 2.56 million workforce is involved in trade, commerce, industry
and agriculture sector which constitute 15 percent of the total population
of the province (SMEDA, 2010).
• Amongst these sectors, the agriculture sector takes the major share of the
work force i.e. 40 percent of the total labour force and contributing more
than 20 percent to provincial GDP (SMEDA, 2010).
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The Province has a comparative advantage in term of fruits and vegetable
production over Punjab, though the area under Horticulture is 6 percent
as compared to 9 percent in Punjab (IGC, 2014). Similarly, other agricultural
advantages include the tobacco farming and processing in the area.View entire presentation