Agriculture

Agriculture is one of the largest economic sectors of the Pakistan contributing approx. 20% to its GDP and employing approx. 43% of its labor force. Agriculture sector includes livestock, fisheries, forestry, grains (rice, wheat, maize), fruits and vegetables and other crops. Agriculture segment/ category, that includes fruits and vegetables, has contributed approximately 2.24 percent to GDP during FY21. Pakistan’s fruits and vegetables market is expected to register a CAGR of 5.9% during the forecast period of FY 2021-2026. Balochistan is dubbed as Pakistan’s basket of fruit. Fruit crops are grown over an area of 149,726 hectares.

Balochistan’s annual production of fruit is approximately 1 million tons with major fruits that are grown in the province includes apples, dates, melons, apricot, grapes, papaya, pomegranate, almond and cherry. Similarly, Balochistan’s annual production of vegetables is approx. 1.1 million tons. Major vegetables that are grown in the province includes onion, tomatoes, potatoes, carrot and cauliflower. Balochistan contributes 25% of national production of tomatoes.