Pakistan's Crop Planning in Chaos: Policy Failures Lead to Farmer Losses

• Pakistan's agricultural sector faces recurring crises due to a lack of reliable forward guidance for farmers.
• Farmers base sowing decisions on previous season's returns, leading to market saturation and price collapse.
• Oversupply forces growers to destroy produce or use it as animal feed, causing significant financial losses.
• Potatoes and export-oriented crops like rice face oversupply risks, while cotton acreage declines.
• Experts suggest technology like satellite monitoring and predictive models could provide timely interventions and prevent losses.