Fragmented holdings rise 76% as average farm size shrinks
Pakistan's farm structure is fragmenting at a faster pace than a decade ago, with the number of fragmented farms climbing 76% to 4.98 million in the 7th Agricultural Census 2024, from 2.83 million recorded in the 2010 census, according to PBS data.
July 09, 2026 (MLN): Pakistan's farm structure is fragmenting at a faster pace than a decade ago, with the number of fragmented farms climbing 76% to 4.98 million in the 7th Agricultural Census 2024, from 2.83 million recorded in the 2010 census, according to PBS data. More striking than the rise in fragmented-farm count is the extent of fragmentation itself: the average number of fragments per fragmented farm...