the state of pakistan s economy 12 real sector 2 1 agriculture highlight q1 fy05 agri performance was a bumper cotton crop that comfortably offset impact below target sugarcane harvest and pushed up value addition by important major kharif crops 4 5 percent yoy see table however it is unclear whether this positive trend can be sustained in face anticipated large water shortages coming rabi season which pose threat to wheat particular thus overall growth sub availability after improving significantly preceeding two years worsened shortage stemmed from relatively poor rains slow snow melts meant shortfall canal withdrawals rose just 6 normal level fy04 11 9 figure province wise utilization 3 during indicates actual fell short shares for all provinces except nwfp sindh increased 7 last year
