Suparco monthly bulletin 2012 vol2 issue 11

The Kharif and Rabi seasons integrate into each other during the month of October. The Kharif crops progres-sively lose chlorophyll contents, cul-minating the process of photosyn-thetic activity and reaching maturity. The harvest operation of Kharif crops kick off in October and stretch over to November and beyond. This in-cludes harvest of rice, chilies, autumn maize & onions and other seasonal crops. The picking of cotton starts much earlier but ends in synchroniza-tion with the above crops. The har-vest of sugarcane starts by mid No-vember and continues up to February or March. The growth patterns of all above crops slow down during Octo-ber and onwards, ending up in senes-cence of crop plants. This phenome-non is appreciably obvious in the form of falling values of vegetation indices of the satellite images. The month of October also makes a debut in sowing of Rabi crops. The sowing of chickpeas, oilseeds, vegeta-bles and fodders was completed dur-ing this month. The sowing of potato crop was also completed in the maize-potato-maize cropping patterns. The sowing of wheat was initiated in Oc-tober and continues through next two months. The sowing of wheat starts from rain-fed areas after maize harvest, availing moisture conserved from monsoon rains. In irrigated ar-eas, the sowing of wheat crop in Oc-tober, is generally confined to fallow lands. The sowing of wheat in cotton-wheat and rice-wheat cropping pat-tern will be completed in subsequent months, after the harvest of cotton and rice crops. During Kharif season, there have been extensive damage to standing crops by floods from monsoon rains. The revised losses for cotton and rice crops have been estimated at Rs. 27.6 billion viz. cotton Rs. 12.4 billion and rice Rs. 15.2 billion. In cotton, there was an extensive damage to the crop in the districts of Rajanpur and Dera

Ghazi Khan accruing from Rodkohis, flash floods and rains. The extent of the flooded area was 187.2 thousand ha and loss of cotton crop was 43 thousand bales. The estimates released by SUPARCO place cotton production at 13.9 million bales from an area at 3.442 million ha. The price of cotton re-mained in the range of Rs. 2200-2700 per 40 kg. Cotton in most of the fields is/will be harvested in a few days and most of this area will be sown under wheat crop during late November or in December. For rice, there were colossal damages at a little more than 0.4 million tons viz. Sindh 301 thousand tons, Balochistan 92 thousand tons and Punjab 13 thousand tons. The rice crop estimate by SUPARCO is 7.2 million tons. The harvesting of coarse rice started in October in all provinces. Most of this harvesting was completed during October. The harvesting of basmati rice started in October and will be completed by mid of November. Rains/floods in Sindh (Jacobabad & Shikarpur) and Balochistan (Jafferabad & Nasirabad) caused damage to rice crop. Similarly there were extensive damages to cotton crop in Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi Khan districts of Pun-jab. These areas suffering damage in Punjab will be available for sowing of wheat crops. However, part of the flood areas in Sindh and Balochistan may not be available for sowing of Rabi crops, with water ponding over extended timelines. The harvesting of sugarcane, by diktat of Sugarcane Factory Act 1950, is designed to be started in October each year. This year, as in the past, sugarcane crushing will be delayed from the above legislated harvesting schedule. The crop production by SUARCO is estimated at 68.5 million tons from an area of 1.24 million ha.

PAK-SCMS BULLETIN

Prelude: SUPARCO, the National Space Agency of Pakistan, has developed algorithms, techniques and proce-dures for fast track release of reliable and reproducible informa-tion on agriculture. FAO, UN is contributing in improvement of this bulletin through provision of technical advice. The other organi-zations collaborating in this en-deavor are:

Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD)

Provincial Crop Reporting Services (CRS)

National Fertilizer Develop-ment Center (NFDC) and

Indus River System Authority (IRSA).

Crop Situation Octo-ber, 2012

1

Crops Statistics 2012-13 2-4

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI): Crop Growth Profile at Divisional &

5-7

Vegetation Difference, 31st October, 2012 8

Temporal Vegetation changes 9-11

Agro-met Conditions: Oct, 2012 12

Maximum-Minimum Temperature: Oct, 2012

13-14

Irrigation Water Supply Situation: Oct, 2012 15

Daily Hydrological Status at Indus Basin: Oct, 2012

16

Fertilizer Situation: Oct, 2012 17

Field view crops in Pun-jab Oct, 2012 18-19

Maize Crop 2012-13 20

Crop Situation: October, 2012

PAKISTAN: SATELLITE BASED CROP MONITORING SYSTEM

Volume II, Issue 11 1-November-2012

Inside this issue:

Pakistan Satellite based Crop Monitoring System Bulletin is a joint monthly publication of SUPARCO and FAO, UN.

Government of Pakistan

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) 31st October, 2012

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Crops Statistics 2012-13 Cotton Crop The picking of February sown cotton started in June and the picking of May sown cotton started in September. The cotton picking touched peak in October. The cotton picked in October is of the best quality with respect to Micronaire, fiber strength and other characters. The cot-ton varieties introduced during the year 2011 and 2012 are as follows:

The statistics of cotton arrivals by 1st November released by Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) indicate the arrivals in Punjab were 4.303 million bales against 5.004 million bales last year, down by 0.700 million bales (14 percent). In Sindh the situation of cotton arrivals im-proved to 2.548 million bales against 1.699 million bales last year, an increase of 0.849 million bales (50 percent). On the whole, the cotton arrivals were at 6.851 million bales against 6.704 million bales last year. There is an increase of 0.147 million bales (almost 2.2 %) during 2012 against the year 2011.

The cotton statistics for 2012-13 are as follows:

+ SUPARCO estimates are inclusive of damage of 43000 bales of cotton over an area of 17.2 thousand ha. * First estimate by Crop Reporting Services (CRS). ** These data are courtesy of the Cotton Assessment Committee of the Ministry of Textile.

Rice Crop The rice crop was affected by flash floods in Jacobabad, Kashmore, Shikarpur, Jafferabad, Nasirabad and some other areas. The damages mostly accrued in the low lying areas, submerged under deep water. A ground validation team of SUPARCO visited these areas during 2-4th October 2012 along with the local authorities of Agriculture Extension and Crop Reporting Services of Sindh Government based in Shikarpur and Jacobabad districts. The peripheral areas were also damaged.

Cotton Arrivals in Ginneries (000 Bales)- 1stNovember Change

2012 2011 000 bales Percent Punjab 4303.1 5004.5 (-) 701.4 (-)14.0 Sindh 2548.0 1699.2 848.8 49.9 Total 6851.1 6703.7 147.4 2.2

Province

S.No Variety Institute/organization S.No Variety Institute/organization 1. BH - 167 CRS, PCCC, Bahawalpur 8. Bt CIM - 598 CCRI, PCCC, Multan 2. CIM - 573 CCRI, PCCC, Multan 9. FH - 114 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad 3. FH – 942 CRI, AARI, Faisalabad 10. IR – NIBGE - 3 NIBGE, Faisalabad 4. NIAB - 852 NIAB, Faisalabad 11. MNH - 886 CRS, AARI, Multan 5. NIBGE - 115 NIBGE, Faisalabad 12. NS - 141 M/s Neelum seeds, Vehari 6. SLH - 317 CRS, Sahiwal 13. Sitara - 009 M/s Agri Farm Services, Multan 7. A- One M/s Weal AG Co, Multan 14. Tarzen - 1 M/s Four Brothers, Lahore

Province

SUPARCO 2012-13+ Crop Reporting Services 2012-13 Area Yield Production Area Yield Production

000 ha Kg/ha million bales 000 ha Kg/ha million bales

Punjab 2622 650 10.0 2356.4* 649** 9.000** Sindh 780 820 3.8 572.4* 1059** 3.560** Balochistan 40 500 0.1 41.0** 415** 0.100** Total 3442 687 13.9 2969.8 ** 777** 13.660**

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The rice crop damages have been worked at about 406 thousand tons viz. 301 thousand tons in Sindh, 92 thousand tons in Balochistan and 13 thousand tons in Punjab. The value of the damage at Rs. 1000 per 40 kg of paddy or Rs. 1500 for IRRI rice (Rs. 37500 per ton) is estimated at Rs. 15.2 billion. The harvesting of coarse rice in Sindh and Punjab started in October and has been mostly completed. The harvesting of basmati rice in Punjab started in October and will be completed by mid of November. Because of excessive rains during late August and September, the crop growth was generally good. The rice statistics for 2012-13 are as follows:

* First estimates by Provincial Crop Reporting Services. ** Data not released.

Sugarcane The crushing of sugarcane by design of provincial legislation has to begin from 1st October. However, it is a usually delayed. About 3 percent of the sugarcane area harvested early, is used for sowing of wheat crop. SUPARCO last year estimated sugarcane production of about 70 million tons. The sugarcane year 2012-13 (1-October to 30-September) started with an opening stock of 1.1 million tons of sugar. The ECC of the Cabinet has already allowed an export of surplus 0.2 million tons. The sugarcane statistics for 2012-13 are as follows:

* First estimates by Provincial Crop Reporting Services ** Data not released

The statistics released by Pakistan Sugar mills Association are as follows.

Province

SUPARCO 2012-13 Provincial Crop Reporting Services 2012-13 Area Yield Production Area Yield Production

000 ha Kg/ha million tons 000 ha Kg/ha million tons

Punjab 1990 2097 4.2 1703.9 * ** ** Sindh 810 3134 2.5 ** ** ** KP 73 1910 0.1 ** ** ** Balochistan 109 3249 0.4 ** ** ** Total 2982 2416 7.2 ** ** **

Province SUPARCO 2012-13 Crop Reporting Services 2012-13

Area Yield Production Area Yield Production 000 ha tons/ha million tons 000 ha tons/ha million tons

Punjab 850.7 56.0 47.6 756.8 * ** ** Sindh 290.2 56.8 16.5 271.1* ** ** KP 99.4 43.7 4.3 ** ** ** Total 1240.3 55.2 68.5 ** ** **

Year Sugarcane

Cane Crushed

Sugar Produced % Recovery

Area Yield Production million tons million tons

million ha Tons /ha million tons 2011-12 1.06 55.2 58.37 48.00 4.65 9.68 2010-11 0.987 55.9 55.31 44.51 4.12 9.25 2009-10 0.943 52.4 49.37 34.61 3.13 9.05 2008-09 1.029 48.6 50.04 33.14 3.13 9.46 2007-08 1.241 51.5 63.92 52.78 4.74 8.98

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Maize Maize is a highly important crops for promotion of livestock sector, as it an essential component of feed ingredient. There are two growing seasons of maize i.e spring and autumn. Punjab avails both seasons of maize growing, KP grows maize only during autumn season. The maize crop cultivation is not popular crop in Sindh and Balochistan, because of economic factors. The Sindh has massive attraction for supply of fod-ders for urban livestock and for vegetables and fruits for Metropolitan Karachi and Hyderabad cities. Rabi Crops Sowing of oilseed crops started in September and wheat started at the end of October in Potohar and other barani areas. The sowing of wheat crop in fallow fields of irrigated areas would start in November and that in the cotton-wheat and rice-wheat cropping pattern during December. Zero tillage sowing of wheat crop was propagated by agriculture department but like most of other public sector investment pro-grams, the adaptation was subdued and it did not pick up, once the support from public sector dried up. In Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the conditions seem to be favorable for wheat sowing in normal tempo. In Sindh, a diminutive decrease in wheat area is likely to accrue due to continuing flood water inundation. The fields from where, the water can not be drained in November may not be available for wheat sowing except for the dismal practice of sowing by broadcasting seeds in the standing water. The estimated loss of wheat production has been estimated at about 150 thousand tons viz. Sindh 90 thousand tons and in Balochistan 60 thousand tons. In addi-tion, there is also loss of chickpeas, oilseeds, fodders, vegetables and other crops. The cumulative loss in both these provinces during Rabi season is estimated at around Rs. 6 billion. The potato crop was sown after harvesting of autumn maize in Sahiwal division of Punjab, during October. The sowing of gram/chickpeas crop was started in October and will be completed by mid November. The wheat crop statistics during the last two years, as released by SUPARCO and Provincial Crop reporting Services was as follows: Wheat Crop Estimate by SUPARCO

Area Yield Production 000 ha Kg/ha 000 tons

Punjab 6621.0 2770 18340.2

Sindh 1482.2 2519 3733.7

KP 757.9 1599 1211.9

Balochistan 349.0 2133 744.4

Pakistan 9210.1 2609 24030.2

Province Area Yield Production 000 ha Kg/ha 000 tons

6695.00 2764 18505.0 1509.00 2585 3900.8

645.20 2015 1300.1 305.00 1968 600.2

9154.20 2655 24306.1

2011-12 2011-12 2011-12 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11

Wheat Crop Estimate by Provincial Crop Reporting Services

Area Yield Production 000 ha Kg/ha 000 tons

Punjab 6500 2723 17700 Sindh 1100 3364 3700 KP 700 1571 1100 Balochistan 400 2000 800 Pakistan 8700 2678 23300

Province Area Yield Production 000 ha Kg/ha 000 tons 6691.0 2846 19041 1144.4 3747 4287.9 724.5 1595 1155.8 340.8 2139 729.1

8900.7 2833 25213.8

2011-12 2011-12 2011-12 2010-11 2010-11 2010-11

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SUPARCO is acquiring MODIS 250 m resolution data on daily basis and SPOT VGT data on 10 daily basis to assess crop growth. SPOT-5 high resolution data are being acquired during each cropping season to assess land surface changes in image classification. The graphs depicting temporal changes for various regions are as follows:

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI): Crop Growth Profile at Divisional Level

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Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI): Crop Growth Profile at Divisional Level

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Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI): Crop Growth Profile at Provincial level

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Satellite Imagery: SPOT VGT 1000m

Vegetation Change 2012 vs. 2011 during October

Vegetation Change in October, 2012

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Temporal Change: Kallar Tract, Punjab

Satellite Imagery: MODIS 250m

Temporal Change: Sahiwal Division, Punjab

Maturity Active Growth Harvesting Sowing/Land preparation

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Satellite Imagery: MODIS 250m

Temporal Change: Indus delta, Sindh

Temporal Change: Southern Punjab

Maturity Active Growth Sowing/Land preparation Harvesting

Temporal Change: Larkana Division, Sindh

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Temporal Change: Sindh

Satellite Imagery: MODIS 250m Maturity Active Growth Sowing/Land preparation

Temporal Change: Peshawar Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Temporal Change: Pat Feeder Area of Balochistan

Harvesting

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Monthly Temperature: October, 2012

Monthly Cumulative Precipitation:

Agro-Met Conditions: October, 2012

The agro met conditions in October were as follows:

a) Rainfall

Month Province Cumulative Rainfall

October 2012

Punjab

Bhawalnagar 16 mm, Bahawalpur 3 mm, Chakwal 25 mm, D G Khan 9 mm, Faisalabad 28 mm, Islamabad 6 mm, Jhang 50 mm, Joharabad 11 mm, Jhelum 12 mm, Kamra 9 mm, La-hore 29 mm, M B din 6 mm, Mianwali 14 mm, Multan 4 mm, Mangla 2 mm, Muree 20 mm, Noorpur Thal 18 mm, Okara 13 mm, Gujranwala 4 mm, Sahiwal 3 mm, Sargodha 19 mm, Sialkot 6 mm, T. T. Singh 19 mm

Gigit Baltistan/ Azad Kashmir

Astore 10 mm, Garhi Dopatta 7 mm, Gupis 20 mm, Kotli 7 mm, Muzafarabad 25 mm, Hunza 3 mm, Rawalakot 29 mm, Pattan 60 mm,

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Balakot 16 mm, Bannu 3 mm, Cherat 18 mm, Chitral 4 mm, Kakul 33 mm, Dir 69 mm, Lower Dir 14 mm, Drosh 23 mm, Kalam 48 mm, Kohat 13 mm, Malam Jabba 34 mm, Parachinar 77 mm, Peshawar 16 mm, Risalpur 37 mm, Saidu Sharif 20 mm

Sindh Shaheed Benazir Abad 1 mm

Balochistan Lasbela 66 mm, Turbat 4 mm,

October 2011

Disputed Territory

Maximum Temperature

Disputed Territory

Minimum Temperature

Disputed Territory

Disputed Territory

October 2012

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Maximum Temperature : October, 2012

The range of maximum temperature during October, 2012 were as follows:

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Minimum Temperature : October, 2012

The range of minimum temperature during October, 2012 were as follows:

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Irrigation Water Supply Situation : October 2012 The irrigation water supplies were generally short in Punjab,KP and Balochistan during October 2012 compared to corresponding period of last year. The shortfall was 1.3 percent in Punjab with 4 percent in Jehlum-Chenab zone mainly. The water supply in Indus zone of Punjab was 1.8 percent higher than last year. The shortfall in K.P was 6.8 percent. The shortfall in Balochistan was 68 percent. The water supply in Sindh during October was 75 percent higher than last year.

2012

Month Year

Punjab Sindh KP Balochistan Total

Indus Total

Million Acre Feet

Aug

2012 3.343 3.441 6.783 7.597 0.176 0.523 15.079

2011 3.201 3.445 6.645 4.628 0.155 0.508 11.937

Change 0.142 -0.004 0.138 2.969 0.020 0.015 3.142

% change 4.44 -0.11 2.08 64.14 13.15 2.89 26.32

Sep

2012 2.553 1.924 4.477 3.197 0.073 0.095 7.843 2011 2.285 2.249 4.534 1.291 0.117 0.268 6.210

Change 0.268 -0.325 -0.058 1.906 -0.044 -0.173 1.632

% change 11.72 -14.46 -1.27 147.62 -37.29 -64.44 26.29

Oct

2012 2.376 2.174 4.551 3.361 0.139 0.052 8.103 2011 2.476 2.135 4.612 1.916 0.150 0.164 6.842

Change -0.100 0.039 -0.061 1.445 -0.010 -0.113 1.261

% change -4.04 1.82 -1.32 75.41 -6.76 -68.64 18.43

Total

2012 8.272 7.539 15.811 14.155 0.389 0.669 31.024

2011 7.962 7.829 15.791 7.836 0.422 0.940 24.989

Change 0.310 -0.290 0.020 6.320 -0.033 -0.271 6.035 % change 3.89 -3.71 0.12 80.65 -7.90 -28.80 24.15

Jhelum-

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SUPARCO is closely monitoring hydrological status at Indus basin and water reservoirs capacity. With onset of monsoon, the reservoirs capac-ity has started building up. At the end of October, the water level in Tarbela was 1516.43 feet above mean sea level (amsl) and Mangla 1188.85 feet.

The inflows at RIM stations at Indus and other rivers are as follows:

Source: Punjab Irrigation Department, Lahore

Daily Hydrological Status at Indus Basin: October, 2012

Reservoir Reservoir Level(feet) above mean sea Level on the date of

1-Oct 11-Oct 20-Oct 31-Oct Full Capacity

2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 Tarbela 1546.12 1546.52 1535.74 1534.20 1526.59 1537.90 1516.43 1536.08 1550.00 Mangla 1205.40 1209.30 1200.60 1191.20 1194.90 1201.90 1188.85 1198.00 1242.00

October 2012: Daily River Water Inflow (000 cusecs)

Day Indus at Tarbela

Indus at Chashma

Indus at Taunsa

Jhelum at Mangla

Chenab at Marala

Kabul at Nowshera

1 54.5 120.7 80.6 23.1 18.8 15.3 2 54.6 96.8 80.6 21.4 20.4 14.2 3 51.1 111.3 72.5 19.8 18.5 13.5 4 52.4 95.7 70.8 18.1 16.9 13.0 5 51.2 98.5 70.8 18.1 17.9 12.4 6 47.4 91.2 74.6 16.5 16.9 18.8 8 46.8 85.8 74.5 16.5 18.4 10.3 9 45.9 77.1 75.1 17.0 16.7 10.7

10 44.5 77.9 70.9 15.9 12.8 10.2 11 43.6 79.1 72.3 14.4 12.0 9.8 12 43.3 80.3 72.3 12.9 11.5 10.4 13 41.0 83.6 69.8 15.8 11.2 10.6 15 36.8 83.0 67.3 14.5 11.2 10.1 16 41.2 68.9 61.5 14.5 13.8 10.1 17 39.5 68.6 59.7 14.5 14.4 10.2 18 38.6 63.5 61.5 14.5 10.8 12.0 19 38.1 63.0 56.5 12.5 13.0 11.6 20 37.0 63.4 55.9 13.9 10.4 10.9 22 37.8 61.5 55.7 14.3 10.9 12.4 23 35.4 72.0 54.3 12.3 12.7 12.0 24 34.9 62.3 54.3 14.2 9.2 12.2 25 32.8 61.4 54.3 14.2 9.7 11.7 30 30.8 50.6 48.7 11.1 8.5 11.2 31 29.9 57.6 48.7 11.2 8.5 10.5

Condition No Flood No Flood No Flood No Flood No Flood No Flood

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Fertilizer Situation: October, 2012

As per report of the National Fertilizer Development Center indicates that the total availability of urea during Rabi 2012-13 is estimated as 2996 thousand tons. This includes 684 thousand tons of opening balance, 1900 thousand tons of domestic production and 412 thousand of imports. The estimated off take of urea is projected at 3 millions tons. The available quantity DAP in Rabi 2012-13 would be 943 tons. This comprises 227 thousand tons of opening inventory, 336 thousand tons domestic production and 380 thousand tons of imported supplies. The estimated off take of DAP is 785 thousand tons. The estimated closing inventory will be around 158 thousand tons.

*P= Provincial assumed at the level of last year

Month

2012-13 2011-12 % Change

Nitrogen Phosphate Potash Total Nitrogen Phosphate Potash Total Nitrogen Phosphate Potash Total

(000 tons)

Aug 173.7 32.2 0.5 206.38 296.2 49.9 1.7 347.8 -41.4 -35.5 -71.8 -40.7 Sep 168 102 3.2 273.2 289.8 70.5 2.3 362.6 -42.0 44.7 39.1 -24.7 Sub Total 341.7 134.2 3.7 479.58 586 120.4 4 710.4 -41.7 11.5 -8.0 -32.5 Oct* 266.6 128.5 2.8 397.9 288.5 104.8 2.8 396.1 -7.6 22.6 0.0 0.5 Total 608.3 262.7 6.48 877.48 874.5 225.2 6.8 1106.5 -30.4 16.7 -4.7 -20.7

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Field View of Crops in Punjab: October 2012

Cotton at boll formation

Rice field at Toba Tek Singh

Cotton at picking stage Cotton crop at Kamalia

Sugarcane crop at Kamalia Rice crop at Kamalia Maize harvesting at Kamalia

Corn hervesting at Toba Tek Singh Corn cobs sun drying Corn cobs for sun drying at Toba Tek Singh

Autumn maize at Kamalia Cotton and Sugarcane at Toba Tek Singh

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Field View of Crops in Potohar: October 2012

Farmer at work in Cucurbits field at Mandra

Millet pile at Gujar khan Wheat germination in Gujar Khan

Early sown Wheat at Mandra

Prepared field at Gujra khan

Cucurbits field at Mandra

Prepared filed at Gujar Khan

Fertilizer for Wheat filed Farmer at work Field preparation at Mandra

Filed preparation at Rawalpindi Filed preparation at Gujar Khan

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Maize Crop 2012-13

SUPARCO

Autumn Maize Estimates 2012-13

Province Area Yield Production

000 ha Kg/ha 000 tons

Punjab 470.4 4909 2309.2

KP 441.2 1817 801.6

Total 911.6 3412 3110.8