Pakistan's total area amounts to about 89 million hectares. About 48 million, or 60 percent, are often classed as unusable for forestry or agriculture, consisting mostly of desert, mountain slopes, and urban concentrations. The bulk of cropping is concentrated on the production of food. In FY1983 about 12 million hectares of food crops are planted. Food grains account for the bulk of planting, amounting to nearly 11.1 million hectares in FY1983.
Wheat is the most planted crop, followed by rice.
Other important food grains are millet, sorghum, corn, and barley. Among the cash crops are cotton, sugarcane, tobacco, and rapeseed. Other cash crops include soybeans and sunflower.