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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 material for
roofing thatch.
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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 2008-09 |
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International
Out-Look |
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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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| Year |
Area
[000 hec] |
Production
[000 tons] |
Yield [Kg/hec] |
| 2006-07 |
8,578 |
23,295 |
2,716 |
| 2007-08 |
8,550 |
20,959 |
2,451 |
| 2008-09
(P) |
9,062 |
23,421 |
2,585 |
| P=
Provisional [Jul-March] |
SOURCE: MinFAL,
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