FIRST ESTIMATE OF ARHAR (KHARIF PULSES) CROP OF SINDH PROVINCE FOR THE YEAR 2005
PROVINCE/DISTRICTS	AREA IN HECTARES
	FIRST ESTIMATE 2005	FINAL ESTIMATE 2004
SINDH	533	487
Khairpur	198	17
Ghotki	8	13
Sukkur	-	12
N.Feroze	-	-
Nawabshah	-	-
Jacobabad / Kahsmore	-	-
Shikarpur	-	-
Larkana / Shehdadkot	-	-
Sanghar	47	43
Tharparkar	196	154
Mirpurkhas / Umerkot	183	149
Dadu / Jamshoro	17	23
Hyderabad / T.M.Khan / Tando Allhayar / Matiari	2	6
Badin	11	9
Thatta	42	61
Karachi.	-	-
BRIEF: In Sindh Province, the first estimate of Arhar (Kharif Pulses) crop for the year 2005 is estimated at 533Hectares, when compared 488 Hectares of last year's final estimate, it shows an increase of 9.45% in area, which is due to interest taken by the growers.

FIRST ESTIMATE OF OTHER (KHARIF PULSES) CROP OF SINDH PROVINCE FOR THE YEAR 2005
PROVINCE/DISTRICTS	AREA IN HECTARES
	FIRST ESTIMATE 2005	FINAL ESTIMATE 2004
SINDH	451	398
Khairpur	59	46
Ghotki	18	33
Sukkur	26	41
N.Feroze	-	-
Nawabshah	-	-
Jacobabad / Kahsmore	-	-
Shikarpur	-	-
Larkana / Shehdadkot	-	-
Sanghar	41	36
Tharparkar	163	44
Mirpurkhas / Umerkot	57	51
Dadu / Jamshoro	19	32
Hyderabad / T.M.Khan / Tando Allhayar / Matiari	8	23
Badin	4	9
Thatta	56	83
Karachi.	-	-
BRIEF: In Sindh Province, the first estimate of Mash (Kharif Pulses) crop for the year 2005 is estimated at 1267 Hectares, of last year's final estimate, it shows an increase of 1.12% in area, which is due to increased in the rainfed area of the Tharparkar District.