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Agriculture has contributed 18.9 percent, since 2010, to the GDP The agriculture sector has always been a major contributor to the national economy in Pakistan. According to official data, it has contributed 18.9 percent, since 2010, to the GDP (gross domestic product) down from about 40 percent in early ’60s. It provides livelihood to 42.3 percent of the labour force. While agriculture has traditionally been called the backbone of Pakistan’s economic growth, agriculturists say the sector is facing tremendous problems. Major crops (wheat, rice, sugarcane, maize and cotton) account for 23.60 percent of value addition in agriculture sector and 4.45 percent in the GDP. The other crops account for 10.80 percent in value addition in agriculture sector and 2.04 percent in the GDP. ....