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Ali Raza 2008-ag-2521 Agronomy 7th Semester
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Production of Pulses In Pakistan
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Introduction

• Pulses are the most important source of vegetable
  protein in Pakistan. They are cultivated on 5 of
  the total cropped area. Their use ranges from
  baby food to delicacies of the rich and the poor.
  
• hence they are quite rightly called poor mans
  meet
• Due to the population growth, demand for pulses
  is increasing day by day. There is a need to
  develop varieties with higher yield potential
  that respond to improved management practices so
  as to meet the increasing demand of pulses.

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Major Pulse Crops in Pakistan

• Rabi Pulses
• Chickpea (cicer arietinmm)
• khesari (lath vs sativus)
• Lentil (lens culimlaris)
• Kharif pulses
• Moong ( Vigna radiata)
• Mash (Vigna Mungo)
• Arhar (Cajanus cajan)

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• Rabi Pulses
• 1 2 3
• Kharif pulses
• 1 2 3

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Minor Pulse Crops in Pakistan

• Cowpea (vigna unguiculata)
• Moth bean (vigna aconitifolia)
• Common beans (phaseolus vulgaris)
• Faba bean (vicia faba )

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Area Production in Pakistan

• The total area under major pulse crops in
  Pakistan is 1,298,000 hectares . the Punjab
  region accounts for about 84 percent of
  Pakistan's total pulse production, the Sindh
  region 8 percent, Baluchistan 5 percent, and KPK
  3 percent.

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Area and Production of Pulse Crops
Crops 2009-2010 2009-2010 2010-2011 2010-2011 change in Production
Crops Area (000 ha) Production (000 tons) Area (000 ha) Production (000 tons) change in Production
Chickpea 1067 562 1068 523 -6.9
Lentil 24.0 10.9 24.0 10.6 -2.7
Mung 183.3 118.7 137 77.1 -35.0
Mash 24.1 10.7 23.8 11.2 1.0
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Production Constraints

• Production of pulses is affected by many biotic
  and abiotic stresses which hamper the realization
  of actual yield potential
• Chickpea
• Drought
• Diseases (A. blight, wilt)
• Weeds
• Lentil
• Lentil
• Diseases (Blight, rust, root rot-wilt complex)
• Weeds
• Cold, Drought (High lands)
• Drought (Low lands)
• Mungbean and Mash
• Diseases (MUMV, CLS, BLS, charcoal rot)
• Insect pest (Hairy caterpillar, white fly,
  thrips, tobacco caterpillar)
• Weeds

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Reasons for crisis

• Adverse weather
• Impact of flood
• Population pressure
• Decline in cultivated area (lentil, mash)
• Regular exports of lentil and mash beside their
  shortage
• Import/export dilemma
• Lack of coordination between M/O Agriculture and
  Commerce
• Undue export of chickpea and mung

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Current Situation

• Sufficiency in two major pulse crops i.e.
  chickpea and mungbean primarily due to improved
  varieties.
• Lag behind in lentil and mash production mainly
  due to displacement of these crops from
  traditional growing areas with drastic reduction
  in cultivated area.

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Suggestions

• Establishment of improved seed and its
  dissemination systems.
• Encouragement of private sector in seed
  production business.
• Implementation of price intervention for major
  pulse crop and procurement of produce by the
  Government.
• Timely availability of quality inputs especially
  pesticides.
• Increase the area under pulses Maintain the
  plant population.

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