PAC In The News
Rice accounts for nearly ten percent of Pakistan’s exports. Out of Pakistan’s exports of $23.2 billion in FY18, rice exports were $2 billion. Yet our rice yields are below global average at 39 maunds per
Farmers’ access to formal sector credit is highly constrained and they are mostly stuck with lenders from the informal sector who charge exorbitant interest rates. A key reason for constrained agri-lending is the use of
The incomplete, unreliable, untimely and often scattered data about a crop’s area, yield and production have been a limiting factor in documenting and, subsequently, improving agricultural productivity. This results in losses at various levels, from