Government of Sindh Agriculture Department

FINAL ESTIMATE OF POTATO CROP OF SINDH PROVINCE FOR THE YEAR 2005-06
PROVINCE/DISTRICTS	AREA IN HECTARES		PRODUCTION IN M.TONS
PROVINCE/DISTRICTS	2005-06	2004-05	2005-06	2004-05
SINDH	327	338	2576	2473
Khairpur	145	151	1154	1187
Ghotki	22	6	181	46
Sukkur	10	8	80	59
N. Feroze	82	75	640	526
Nawabshah	23	11	182	85
Jacobabad	-	-	-	-
Kashmore	-	-	-	-
Shikarpur	41	80	312	528
Larkana	-	-	-	-
Kamber Sha. Kot	-	-	-	-
Sanghar	-	-	-	-
Tharparkar	-	-	-	-
Mirpurkhas	4	7	27	42
Umerkot	-	-	-	-
Dadu	-	-	-	-
Jamshoro	-	-	-	-
Hyderabad	-	-	-	-
Matiari	-	-	-	-
T. Allahyar	-	-	-	-
T. M. Khan	-	-	-	-
Badin	-	-	-	-
Thatta	-	-	-	-
Karachi.	-	-	-	-
BRIEF: According to final estimate of Potato Crop of Sindh province for the year 2005-06 is assessed at 327 Hectares in area and 2576 M. Tons in production, as compared to 338 Hectares and 2473 M. Tons of last year’s final estimate, showing thereby an increase of 3.25% in area and 4.16% in production. The reasons of increase in both area and production are given as under: AREA: Due to better market rates of Wheat grain, the growers gave preference to cultivate the Wheat Crop against Potato Crop. PRODUCTION: The growers applied proper dose of chemical fertilizer in timely hence they achieved more yield per hector.

SECOND ESTIMATE OF POTATO CROP OF SINDH PROVINCE FOR THE YEAR 2005-06
PROVINCE/DISTRICTS	AREA IN HECTARES		PRODUCTION IN M.TONS
PROVINCE/DISTRICTS	2005-06	2004-05	2005-06	2004-05
SINDH	327	338	2576	2473
Khairpur	145	151	1154	1187
Ghotki	22	6	181	46
Sukkur	10	8	80	59
N. Feroze	82	75	640	526
Nawabshah	23	11	182	85
Jacobabad	-	-	-	-
Kashmore	-	-	-	-
Shikarpur	41	80	312	528
Larkana	-	-	-	-
Kamber Sha. Kot	-	-	-	-
Sanghar	-	-	-	-
Tharparkar	-	-	-	-
Mirpurkhas	4	7	27	42
Umerkot	-	-	-	-
Dadu	-	-	-	-
Jamshoro	-	-	-	-
Hyderabad	-	-	-	-
Matiari	-	-	-	-
T. Allahyar	-	-	-	-
T. M. Khan	-	-	-	-
Badin	-	-	-	-
Thatta	-	-	-	-
Karachi.	-	-	-	-
BRIEF: THE SECOND ESTIMATE OF Potato Crop of Sindh province for the year 2005-06 is assessed at 327 Hectors and 2576 M. Tons, as against 338 hectors and 2473 M. Tons of last year final estimate, showing thereby a decrease of 3.25% in area and an increase of 4.16% in production. The reasons decrease in area and increase in production area given as under: AREA: 1. Due to better market rates of wheat grain, the growers gave preference to cultivate the wheat crop against potato crop. 2. Due to low market rates of potato crop in the last year, the growers shifted the area to wards other crop PRODUCTION: 1. The growers applied proper does of chemical fertilizer in timely. They use the irrigation water properly, hence they achieved more yield per hector.

FIRST ESTIMATE OF POTATO CROP OF SINDH PROVINCE FOR THE YEAR 2005-06
PROVINCE/DISTRICTS	AREA IN HECTARES
PROVINCE/DISTRICTS	1ST ESTIMATE 2005-06	FINAL ESTIMATE 2004-05
SINDH	313	338
Khairpur	138	151
Ghotki	25	6
Sukkur	12	8
N.Feroze	80	75
Nawabshah	17	11
Jacobabad / Kashmore	-	-
Shikarpur	41	80
Larkana / Kamber Shahdad Kot	-	-
Sanghar	-	-
Tharparkar	-	-
Mirpurkhas / Umerkot	-	7
Dadu	-	-
Hyderabad/Matiari/T.Allahyar / Tando Mohd Khan	-	-
Badin	-	-
Thatta	-	-
Karachi.	-	-

FINAL ESTIMATE OF POTATO CROP OF SINDH PROVINCE FOR THE YEAR 2004-05
PROVINCE/DISTRICTS	AREA IN HECTARES		PRODUCTION IN M.TONS
PROVINCE/DISTRICTS	2004-05	2003-04	2004-05	2003-04
SINDH	338	402	2473	2879
Khairpur	151	169	1187	1255
Ghotki	6	11	46	82
Sukkur	8	15	59	104
N.Feroze	75	76	526	547
Nawabshah	11	8	85	69
Jacobabad	-	-	-	-
Shikarpur	80	99	528	665
Larkana	-	-	-	-
Sanghar	-	-	-	-
Tharparkar	-	-	-	-
Mirpurkhas	7	13	42	84
Dadu	-	-	-	-
Hyderabad	-	6	-	44
Badin	-	-	-	-
Thatta	-	-	-	-
Karachi.	-	5	-	29