Total crop loss in Pakistan from the flood has been estimated at Rs 244.639 billion ($2.8 billion) by the Ministry for Food and Agriculture, says a document of the Ministry, completed on August 23. Cotton, a key crop in the country, suffered production loss of 2.25 million bales or Rs 71.4 billion.
Its estimated crop is now 11.759 million bales against earlier estimate 14 million bales. Its sown area was 3.199 million hectares, out of that 0.588 million hectares has been damaged. Cotton bale price is taken at Rs 29,848 per bale. Other major losses come from rice paddy which suffered a damage of Rs 56.386 billion causing a loss 1.597 million tons from earlier estimates of 5.949 4.352 million tons. Now rice crop is estimated at 4.352 million tons. Rice paddy was sown on 2.525 million hectares and damaged area is 0.678 million hectares. Rice paddy price is taken at Rs 25,000 per ton.
Third major crop is sugarcane, which is likely to suffer a loss of Rs 19.351 billion from 7.646 million tons. Its estimated production was 54.834 million tons, and remainder is now 47.188 million tons. Its sown area was 1.047 million hectares and damaged area is 0.146 million hectares. Sugarcane price is calculated at Rs 2500 per ton.
Estimates of 13 other crops including pulses, vegetables, fruits and fodder show loss of Rs 97.502 billion and it is sown at 2.8 million hectares and damaged area is 0.588 million hectares. Its total damaged sown area is 1.926 million hectares, while total sown area is 9.57 hectares.
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