Agriculture

Lasbela is the most fertile district in terms of cultivation. The main crop is wheat followed by castor, sesame, gaur seeds and fodder. Vegetables include onions and red chilies, and fruit such as bananas, chikoo, and papaya are grown. There are three main sources of irrigation; canals, tube wells and dug wells. Majority of the crop cultivation with an area of 13,503 hectares was irrigated by means of tube wells, encompassing 63% of the total irrigation sources followed by dug wells, which covered (4,408 hectares) 21% of the total irrigation sources in District Lasbela. However, canals irrigate 16% of the area (3,421 hectares). Accordingly, the district shares are about 2 %, 4 % and 5 % in the province respectively, while the share of geographical area is about 4 percent.

Land Utilization
Hectares
Geographical Area 1515300
Cultivated Area 48480
Cropped Area 48808
Irrigated Area 47914
Sources of Irrigation
Canal 5959
Wells 2160
Tube Wells 39795
Area And Production Of Major Crops
Area [Hectares] Production [‘00’ Tons]
Crops
Citrus 141 762
Banana 864 2823
Guava 219 1501
Papaya 849 4313
Coconut 1038 8156
Tomatoes 614 6068
Ladyfingers 494 2774
Radish 133 2096
Bottle Gourd 127 895
Beet Root 298 16390
Brinjal 285 2169
Moong 2010 1347
Sesamun 112 49
Caster Seed 3410 3818
Source: Development Statistics of Balochistan, 2012-13