4Wheat
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Wheat (Triticum spp.) is a
worldwide cultivated grass from the Fertile Crescent region
of the Near East. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607
million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after
maize (784 million tons) and rice (651 million tons). Wheat
grain is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, flat
and steamed breads, biscuits, cookies, cakes, breakfast
cereal, pasta, noodles, or biofuel. Wheat is planted to a
limited extent as a forage crop for livestock, and the straw
can be used as fodder for livestock or as a construction
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Storage shortage to hamper wheat procurement |
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AS the Sindh government is beset with a storage
problem for the new wheat crop, it may stagger
purchases or lower the procurement target, this
scribe has gathered from official sources ...
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Wheat is the main staple food item
of the country’s population and largest grain crop of the
country. It contributes 13.1 percent to the value added in
agriculture and 2.8 percent to GDP. The size of wheat crop is
provisionally estimated at 23.4 million tons, 11.7 percent more
than last year crop. SOURCE: Economic Survey of Pakistan
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World wheat production for
2009/10 is projected up 3.8 million tons this month to
671.9 million, down just 10.8 million tons, or 1.6
percent, from the record year of 2008/09...more
SOURCE: USDA [Nov, 2009] |
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Area,
Production & Yield |
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Advisory |
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Year |
Area
[000 hec] |
Production
[000 tons] |
Yield [Kg/hec] |
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2006-07 |
8,578 |
23,295 |
2,716 |
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2007-08 |
8,550 |
20,959 |
2,451 |
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2008-09 (P) |
9,062 |
23,421 |
2,585 |
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P= Provisional
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SOURCE: MinFAL,
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•
Wheat Production Technology in
Punjab
• Wheat: Planning for better yield
• Useful tips for wheat production
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