Beschreibung:
<jats:p>Pakistan is blessed with the agro-ecological environment
conducive to the production of nearly thirty types of fruits of which
citrus, mango, dates, guava, apple, melons and banana are relatively
more common. The market value of these fruits produced during 2002-03 is
estimated at about Rs 73 billion, which is roughly 6.73 percent of
agriculture value added in the year [Pakistan (2004)]. During the same
period, Pakistan earned nearly 5 billion rupees from fruit exports,
representing 9 percent of total export earnings from all raw
agricultural commodities. Citrus is the largest grown fruit in Pakistan.
The market value of citrus produced in 2002-03 was Rs 10.6 billion
[Pakistan (2004)]. Within the citrus family, Kinnow is the largest
planted specie.</jats:p>