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Pakistan
AGRICULTURE
Farming is Pakistan's largest economic activity. In FY 1993,
agriculture, and small-scale forestry and fishing, contributed
25 percent of GDP and employed 48 percent of the labor force.
Agricultural products, especially cotton yarn, cotton cloth, raw
cotton, and rice, are important exports. Although there is agricultural
activity in all areas of Pakistan, most crops are grown in the
Indus River plain in Punjab and Sindh. Considerable development
and expansion of output has occurred since the early 1960s; however,
the country is still far from realizing the large potential yield
that the well-irrigated and fertile soil from the Indus irrigation
system could produce. The floods of September 1992 showed how
vulnerable agriculture is to weather; agricultural production
dropped dramatically in FY 1993.
Data as of April 1994
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