Pakistan is facing tremendous shortage of edible oils. The domestic
edible oil production does't meet the need of the country. The
total availability of edible oils was 2.381 million tons in
2007-08. Local production stood at 0.833 million tons, which
accounted for 30.4 percent of the total availability while the
remaining 69.6 percent was made available through imports at the
cost of Rs. 71.882 billion. In this way, edible oil stood at the
top in the import of food group and on number second after
petroleum group in the total import. This huge drain on our
hard-earned foreign exchange resources is a great challenge for our
planners, agricultural scientists and extension workers. Any
attempt to help in amelioration of this worsening situation is the
need of the day. The traditional or conventional oilseed crops are
rapeseed/mustard, sesame and groundnut, while non-traditional
oilseed crops are sunflower, soybean and safflower. Among these
crops rapeseed/mustard and sunflower have assumed special position
in the agriculture economy of Pakistan. Much of the research
efforts have been directed towards the improvement of these oilseed
crops.
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