FINAL ESTIMATE OF GINGER CROP OF SINDH PROVINCE FOR THE YEAR 2005
PROVINCE/DISTRICTS	AREA IN HECTARES		PRODUCTION IN M.TONS
	2005	2004	2005	2004
SINDH	109	97	50	41
Khairpur	-	-	-	-
Ghotki	-	-	-	-
Sukkur	-	-	-	-
N.Feroze	-	-	-	-
Nawabshah	-	-	-	-
Jacobabad / Kashmore	-	-	-	-
Shikarpur	-	-	-	-
Larkana / Kamber Sha. Kot	-	-	-	-
Sanghar	9	7	4	3
Tharparkar	-	-		-
Mirpurkhas / Umerkot	73	68	34	28
Dadu / Jamshoro	-	-	-	-
Hyderabad / Matiari / T. Allahyar / T. M. Khan	27	22	12	10
Badin	-	-	-	-
Thatta	-	-	-	-
Karachi.	-	-	-	-
BRIEF: The finally area and production of Ginger Crop for the year 2005 of Sindh Province is estimated at 109 hectares and 50 M. Tons, as against 97 hectares and 41 m. tons of last year’s final estimate, This shows an increase of 12.37% in area and 21.95% in production which is due to more demand in urban population and better economic return to the growers.