Rice
Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryzasativa (Asian Rice) or Oryzaglaberrima (African Rice). As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world’s human population, especially in Asia. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production, after sugarcane and maize.
Pakistani Rice
- WHITE RICE IRRI-6 5% BROKEN
- WHIT ERICE 25% REGULAR
- LONG GRAIN RICE C-9
- PK386 BASMATI RICE
- SUPER KERNEL BASMATI RICE
Millets
Maize, Sorghum and Pearl millet are important subsistent summer grain crops of Pakistan, which have been helpful in averting many food crises of the country in the past. Maize is the third most important cereal crop in Pakistan after Wheat and Rice. It is used as food, feed and industrial crop around the world.
Maize
In Pakistan maize is third important cereal after wheat and rice. Maize accounts for 4.8% of the total cropped area and 3.5% of the value of agricultural output. It is planted on an estimated area of 0.9 million hectare with an annual production of 1.3 million tones.
Sorghum
In Pakistan the area under sorghum and millet on the average is 1.5 million hectares and the yield is approximately 5.4 tonnes/hectare. The yield is more than wheat and rice, which stand at 3.0, 2.2 tonnes/hectare. These yields are much lower than those millet and sorghum
Pearl
Pearl Millet is an important coarse grain crop in Pakistan specially in areas where drought is common, despite its economic importance this crop has received little attention compared with wheat, rice and maize.
Seasame
In Pakistan, it grows in about 65 districts as irrigate as well as a rain crop. It grows in the province of Punjab, Sindh, NWFP, and Baluchistan. Sesame is known as an oilseed crop. Owing to its high-quality oil besides, its high content of protein that is up to 22.0% it is known as one of the finest oil crops.
Wheat
Wheat is the most important agricultural crop; it is grown by about 80 percent of farmers on about 9 million ha, which is close to 40 percent of the country’s total cultivated land, according to official sources in Pakistan. The crop also accounts for an estimated 37 percent of both food energy and protein intakes.
Minerals
Pakistan has deposits of several minerals including coal, copper, gold, chromite, mineral salt, bauxite and several other minerals. There are also a variety of precious and semi-precious minerals that are also mined.
Pink Salt
Himalayan salt is rock salt (halite) mined from the Punjab region of Pakistan. The salt, which often has a pinkish tint due to trace minerals, is primarily used as a food additive to replace refined table salt but is also used for cooking and food presentation, decorative lamps and spa treatments.