Abstract
Sindh has Sub-tropical climate , which is extremely suitable for large number of crops, but the farmers of Sindh are illiterate and they raise crops just by copying each other and do not take a risk with their investment. Due to this practice the local market is full with conventional fruits and vegetable raised here namely : mangoes, guava, grapefruit, lemon, lime, sapodilla, cherimoya, dates, lychee, papaya, melons and zizyphus mauritania. The net result is a few varieties of each fruit growing over short season and a glut of one or another fruit crops, throughout the year, and consequently low prices. Due to mono-culture all diseases, infection , and viral attacks are frequent, due to cover large area under same crop, and its control become difficult. The solution lies in diversification of crops, with extension of harvest season and new cultivars, especially evolved by breeding , tissue culture , genetic engineering and bio-technology. These would be extremely beneficial, to bring sustainability locally and globally. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy as well as of our foreign trade. To strengthen the economy of Pakistan, one should first of all take necessary steps to reform the agricultural system of the country. This can only be done by educating the farmers in the latest method of cultivation ,new developments in agricultural inputs and day to day changes in Agricultural Research arena. If we improve the agricultural sector in Sindh, and improve its economic growth and conditions, this alone can bring the sustainability locally and globally.
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The authors report a short fruit season, crop gluts and low prices from few varieties.
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- fruit cropse0
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- a few varieties of each fruit growing over short season and a glut of one or another fruit crops, throughout the year, and consequently low pricese0
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e0“The net result is a few varieties of each fruit growing over short season and a glut of one or another fruit crops, throughout the year, and consequently low prices”
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The authors attribute frequent disease and viral attacks to monoculture.
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e0“Due to mono-culture all diseases, infection , and viral attacks are frequent, due to cover large area under same crop”
e1“one or another fruit crops, throughout the year”
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The authors recommend crop diversification, longer harvest seasons and new cultivars.
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e0“The solution lies in diversification of crops, with extension of harvest season and new cultivars”
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The authors recommend farmer education about cultivation methods and inputs.
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e0“educating the farmers in the latest method of cultivation ,new developments in agricultural inputs and day to day changes in Agricultural Research arena”
e1“they raise crops just by copying each other”