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Govt eyes Rs2tr SME, agri finance by 2028
The government has reported significant progress on expanding affordable and inclusive finance across priority sectors, with SME financing reaching Rs1.067tr and agriculture finance touching Rs1.268tr by the end of August 2026, as the Finance Ministry pushes ahead with its Access to Finance Plan.
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Fragmented holdings rise 76% as average farm size shrinks
Pakistan's farm structure is fragmenting at a faster pace than a decade ago, with the number of fragmented farms climbing 76% to 4.98 million in the 7th Agricultural Census 2024, from 2.83 million recorded in the 2010 census, according to PBS data.
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Tractor fleet nearly triples since 2004
Pakistan's tractor population has grown nearly two-and-a-half-fold over the past two decades, reaching 986,998 units as of the 7th Agricultural Census 2024, up from 401,663 in 2004 and 252,861 in 1994, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data.
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Pakistan's livestock herd nearly doubles in 18 years
Pakistan's livestock population has surged sharply over the past 18 years, with the 7th Agricultural Census 2024 showing the country's cattle herd more than doubling to 55.86 million head from 29.56 million recorded in the last Livestock Census of 2006 — a jump of 89%.
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100 Pakistani agriculture graduates depart for China
Under the Prime Minister’s ongoing initiative to modernize Pakistan’s agriculture sector, 100 agriculture graduates left for China on Sunday to begin six months of advanced training in crop breeding and genomics at the Southwest University of Science and Technology.
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