Rising petroleum prices would affect Pakistan's agriculture sector as farmers depend on fuel to operate their tube-wells to get irrigation water the prime requirement for the growth of crops.
'Due to inadequate canal system, farmers are dependent on electric and diesel run tube-wells for irrigation but price escalation of oil would have negative impact on their production,' the Secretary General, Kisan Bachao Tehreek, Ahmed Noor Advocate told APP.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/high-petrol-prices-hit-agriculture-sector
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-recorder-pakistan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tubewells
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diesel
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/petrol
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pakistan
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fuel-pricing
