Bahawalpur

Bahawalpur is one of the Districts playing a key role in the Agriculture production. The land of this District is very fertile and farmer's community is very hard working. Side by side the Agriculture (Extension) staff is disseminating the latest crop production technologies to the door steps of the farmers. The Department of Agriculture Extension... requested that when and where any problem relating to agriculture appear, immediately contact our technical staff, who is ready to solve the challenge. The Economy of the district is essentially agrarian and agriculture is the back bone of the economy of district. Agriculture is main source of earning for almost entire 78% rural population directly or indirectly. It is well known cotton and wheat growing area and produces 14% of cotton and 4% of wheat of the total Punjab's production. Rice, Sugarcane, Gram and Pulses being the other major crops. With the exception of few big units, industrial activities in the district are restricted to agro-based industry dealing with the processing basic raw material.Read More