Reasons of Agricultural Backwardness in Pakistan

In the following lines, few important problems in the agricultural sector of Pakistan will be discussed:

Lack of Productivity:
In is not the resources itself but the productive use of them which increases the level of production. The technology or methods of the production used in the agriculture sector are outdated and unproductive. The old method of suing carts and manually putting the pesticides in crops by traveling through the field on foot is a very slow mechanism and thus the level of productivity is very low in agriculture sector.

Natural Calamities:
Natural calamities like food, heavy rainfall and no rainfall when required are other important problems in the agriculture sector. With no artificial system in place, we rely heavily on the natural conditions and when they are not favorable, our yield for all crops is affected.

Underutillization of Resources:
The resources in agriculture sector are underutilized. A large part of agricultural land remains underutilized due to lack of water. People engaged in producing seasonal crops remains unemployed and their fields remains underutilized for that period.

Lack of Agricultural Credit:
In the recent time s, the banks have provided huge consumer credit in the area of car financing and home financing. These loans have only increased consumption. These loans have been used productively. If these loans have been granted to the poor farmers, they would utilized it for production and it would have been far better to have more agricultural production than more cards on the road.