Opportunities
A preliminary analysis of major crops in Pakistan shows that with proper planning and organization of farming communities, value chains can be developed for several other agricultural commodities. A few examples are given below:
- Agri Produce
- Cotton
- Rice
- Potato
- Mango
- Kinnow
- Dates
- Location
- Bahawalpur
- Sialkot
- Deepalpur
- Shujaabad
- Bhalwal
- Sukkur
- Processing unit
- Grading and Ginning
- Husking, grading and polishing
- Grading, packing and chilling
- Grading, packing and chilling
- Grading, packing and chilling
- Grading and packing
- Investment
(Rs in millions) * - 50
- 84
- 82
- 12
- 67
- 20
- IRR (%) *
- 30
- 40
- 26
- 31
- 35
- 33
- Market
- Domestic
- Export and domestic
- Export and domestic
- Export and domestic
- Export and domestic
- Export and domestic
* Estimates for investment amounts and IRRs are based on feasibility studies carried out by Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (http://www.smeda.org/).