date:Aug 02, 2013
late harvests of other crops such as cotton and sugarcane. Farmers usually finish wheat seeding by November but that stretched right up to January this year in some parts of the country, traders said.
Reduced fertilizer-usage due to rising prices has also hit crop yields.
The decline in Pakistan's wheat production mirrors similar drops in top exporters and producers the United States, China, Russia and parts of Europe.
Although Pakistan's estimated imports of 800,000 tonnes to 1 million tonne