Agricultural Production in Sindh: Before and After Partition

Abstract

Agriculture being one of the major economic activities of the world uses one third of the total land surface and employs 45% of the working population. Analogously, 90% of the economy of Pakistan depends on the subsistence agriculture directly or indirectly. Specifically, after developments in system of irrigation through the construction of Barrages, canals on the River Indus and dams at several points in the country, agricultural production consequentially increased in general and Sindh in particular. In this article an attempt has been made to determine the difference in the nature of the agriculture before and after the modernization in various aspects of agriculture and effects of application of modern techniques. Besides, technological developments and their impact on agricultural production in Sindh are analyzed in the context of the way of life of the farmer.