SUNFLOWER AREA AND PRODUCTION VARIABILITY IN PAKISTAN: OPPORTUNITIES
% by 2002-03. Due to a low oilseeds production, the edible oil needs are met through imports. The edible oil plays a vital role in the economy of the country. Pakistan is facing a severe deficit of edible oil and a large portion of the foreign exchange is spent for oil imports. The imports bill rose from Rs. 77 million in
Objectives Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is a major oilseed crop grown for its edible oil across the globe, including Pakistan. The production of edible oil in Pakistan is less than the
Acreage and production of sunflower in Pakistan
In Pakistan, sunflower was introduced during 1960 with the object of bridging the gap between production and consumption of edible oil in the country (Burney et al., 1990).
Pakistan’s local Edible Oil production dropped by 21 percent from 477,00 tons to 374,000 tons between Sunflower production however reported a mere 0.6 percent increase in four years of the
Sunflower | Ayub Agricultural Research Institute - Punjab
Sunflower. Sunflower is one of the most important oilseed crop of the world and 3 rd most important oilseed crop after cotton, rapeseed and mustard in Pakistan. Pakistan produced only 18% of required edible oil locally while the rest of edible oil has been imported from other countries. Sunflower contributes 11% in the local production of oil.
In Pakistan it is grown on an area of 872 thousand acres with 554 thousand tons of seed and 211 tons of oil. Its achene contains 40-50% oil and 23% protein content. Sunflower oil is exclusively used for cooking purpose ; rich in vitamin A, D and contains 60% poly unsaturated fatty acids as well as 16% oleic acid and 76% linoleic acid.
Frontiers | Assessing the factors of economic and environmental
Sunflower cultivation is a source of livelihood for many people, from cultivation to the production of edible oil. Although the sunflower crop is cultivated across different climate zones in Pakistan, southern parts, mainly Sindh and South Punjab, are considered more suitable for the sunflower crop.
Cottonseed, sunflower, canola, and rapeseed & mustard share 55.91%, 29.12%, 7.6%, and 7.37%, respectively in the domestic production of edible oil (Govt. of Pakistan, 2008). Among all these crops, sunflower is a high yielding crop. It is grown in two seasons, spring and summer. It is a high yielding with high oil content that gives higher
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Corpus ID: 31708604; Trends in sunflower production and its potential in increasing domestic edible oil production in Punjab, Pakistan. @article{Shah2013TrendsIS, title={Trends in sunflower production and its potential in increasing domestic edible oil production in Punjab, Pakistan.}, author={Nisar Ali Shah and Khalid Mahmood Aujla and Muhammad Ishaq and Arshad Farooq}, journal={Sarhad
Just, 40 years back around, a non-traditional crop of sunflower is introduced in Pakistan as the chief source of edible oil. Keeping in view the quality of edible oil, research activities
- What is the demand for edible oil in Pakistan?
- The demand of the edible oil is expected to remain robust and expected to increase more in coming Ramzan month. Pakistan is heavily dependent on import of oil seed and edible oil to meet local consumption. Further the exposure to exchange rate movement is also high.
- How did Pakistan's edible oil market perform in FY20?
- Pakistan¡¯s edible oil market was recorded at PKR 1,161 million in FY20 registering a YoY growth of 22% (FY19: PKR~950 million). Local consumption was recorded at ~4.9mln MTs in FY20 up ~3% YoY, as (FY19: ~4.7mln MTs).
- What is the demand for edible oil in FY20?
- Being the essential food item the demand of edible oil always remains robust. During FY20 the local consumption of edible oil was recorded at 4.871 MMT up 3% YOY. Palm oil has largest share in overall edible oil consumption followed by soybean oil, rapeseed oil and sunflower oil.
- Why does Pakistan import oil & oil seed?
- Pakistan is heavily dependent on import of oil seed and edible oil to meet local consumption. Further the exposure to exchange rate movement is also high. It is the market norm to pass in entirety the impact of increased cost of purchase to end consumers. International stock of edible oil and oil seed is at historically low level.
