The recent floods in Pakistan have devastated the agricultural industry, causing billions of rupee damages in four provinces, with Sindh suffering the most catastrophic losses.
According to a report by the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MoNFSR), overall crop losses in the nation have topped Rs. 320 billion (excluding Punjab, for which comprehensive data has not been published yet).
According to the study, 2,845,046 acres of agriculture in Sindh have been completely or partly destroyed, 14,397 acres in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been lost, and 108,295 acres have been lost in Balochistan.
The following is a provincial breakdown of agricultural losses/damages.
Sindh
Cotton, sugarcane, onion, Kharif chilies, rice, and date palms were the most impacted crops in the province, according to reports, with cotton and date palm fields entirely devastated.
The table below displays the crop-specific damages.
| Crop | Damaged Acres | Financial Losses in Million PKR | Status |
| Cotton | 1,467,579 | Rs. 205,461.06 | completely destroyed |
| Date palm | 101,379 | Rs. 7,096.53 million | completely destroyed |
| Sugarcane | 45,207 | Rs. 3,390.525 million | partially damaged |
| Kharif chilies | 29,622 | Rs. 7.772.812 million | partially damaged |
| Onion | 42,268 | Rs. 10,144.32 million | partially damaged |
| Tomato | 12,101 | Rs. 2,710.624 million | partially damaged |
| Kharif vegetables | 30,718 | Rs. 2,457.44 million | partially damaged |
| Rice | 1,038,174 | Rs. 50,870.526 million | partially damaged |
| Sesame | 7,234 | Rs. 336.381 million | partially damaged |
| Others | 70,764 | Rs. 7,076.4 million | partially damaged |
| Total | 2,845,046 | Rs. 297316.61 million | |
| Losses in billions | Rs. 297.316 billion |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP)
Dates, maize, tobacco, and vegetables were the most affected crops in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
The table below displays the crop-specific damages in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
| Crop | Damaged Acres | Financial Losses in Million PKR |
| Maize | 4,794 | Rs. 368.1 million |
| Rice | 3,482 | Rs. 11.8 million |
| Oil-seed | 237 | Rs. 32.3 million |
| Tobacco | 957 | Rs. 222.7 million |
| Vegetables | 938 | Rs. 145.3 million |
| Orchards | 98 | Rs. 5.5 million |
| Pulses | 863 | Rs. 50.9 million |
| Cotton | 137 | Rs. 24.2 million |
| Wheat | 150 | Rs. 8 million |
| Dates | 2,596 | Rs. 2,754.1 million |
| Sugarcane | 60 | Rs. 8.9 million |
| Potato | 85 | Rs. 31 million |
| Total | 14,397 | Rs. 3,662.7 million |
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Balochistan
Balochistan is Pakistan’s biggest province in terms of land area, yet it only provides 3.8 percent of total agricultural production and experienced the second-highest crop loss in terms of acres.
The table below displays the crop-specific damages in Khyber Baluchistan
| Crop | Damaged Acres | Financial Losses in Million PKR |
| Crops | 67,050 | Rs. 9,936.8 million |
| Orchards | 21,960 | Rs. 4,469.4 million |
| Vegetables | 14,882 | Rs. 5,252 million |
| Fodder | 4,403 | Rs. 187.8 million |
| Total | 108,295 | Rs. 19,846 million |
Punjab
The government has not given specific details on the damage in Punjab, notably in the province’s south, which is one of the country’s most flooded districts.
The table below displays the crop-specific damages in Punjab
| Crop Name | Damaged Acres | Financial Losses in Million PKR |
| Cotton | 130,140 | not given |
