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Solar power now runs half of Pakistan's 1.83m tubewells

Solar energy has become the dominant power source for irrigation tubewells across Pakistan, running 912,327 of the country's 1.83 million tubewells as of the 7th Agricultural Census 2024.

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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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Cotton's footprint shrinks to 6.5m acres nationally

The area under cotton cultivation in Pakistan has continued its long slide, with the 7th Agricultural Census 2024 recording just 6.51 million acres under the crop nationally.

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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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Pakistan’s agriculture sector stages a resilient comeback

Pakistan's agriculture sector charts a resilient and robust growth trajectory of 2.89% in FY26.

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Mobile agriculture labs rolled out across Punjab

The Punjab government has approved the launch of a new initiative, “Agriculture Lab on Wheels,” aimed at delivering essential agricultural services directly to farmers at their doorsteps.

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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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Agriculture continues to sustain rural Pakistan amid FY25 climate strains

Despite ongoing climatic challenges, Pakistan’s agriculture sector demonstrated resilience in FY25, growing by a modest 0.56% and continuing to anchor rural livelihoods and national food security...

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Pakistan, Oman agree on agricultural sector collaboration

Pakistan and Oman agreed develop joint projects in agriculture to further strengthen economic ties between the...

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