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Area, production, and yield of vegetables

     This was introduced in 1973 by the Federal Government to make it easier for farmers to obtain agricultural credit from lending institutions. The farmer is required to buy a set of two passbooks (one red, one green) from the Post Office and have the particular concerning his land endorsed by the Revenue Department, after which he is eligible for a loan of up to 60 per cent of the value of his land. The Revenue Department retains the red book and updates it according to information supplied by the lender (generally a bank); the green book is retained by the bank as a guarantee for the loan.
     By 1994, 9,861 Passbooks had been issued, out of a total eligibility of 25,079. Despite a mark-up rate of 14 per cent there had been no defaulting.

The Agricultural Passbook System

     The overall cropping intensity in the country is 137 per cent. It varies from 159 per cent in farms of less than five acres, to 140 per cent in farms of five to under twenty five acres, and 123 per cent in farms of twenty-five acres and above in size. The intensity of cropping is around 135 per cent on owner-operated and owner-cum-tenant-operated farms, but it rises to 141 per cent on tenant-operated farms.
The intensity of cropping in District Sukkur is show in Table 4.7. The figures are taken from the Pakistan Census, Agriculture, 1990 –Province Report- Sindh prepared by the Economic Affairs and Statistics Division, Agricultural Census Organization (pp.121, 127,132,137,143).

Cropping Intensity

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