Agriculture

Lasbela differs from all Balochistan due to the agriculture environment it has got . The land though is sandy and rich with minerals . the bela , vinder and other places like that are real fertile and basically agricultural land . The porali haze really given life to the part of dessert.

Introduction

Agriculture is the major sector of production and 70 percent of the population, mainly the people in the centre and the north of the district, is involved in this sector.
The major corps grown in rabi season are wheat, vegetable, fodder, rape seed and mustard. Crops grown in kharif season are rice, jowar, bajra, sesame, castor seed, moong, fruits, onion, vegetables, melons, chilies, fodder, guar seed and sugar cane. The main fruits grown in the district are papaya, banana, chikoo, mangoes, citrus and coconut. In vegetables, tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower, ladyfinger, tinda, brinjal, bither, bottal, gourd luffa, spinach and turnip are cultivated in the area. In fodder, lucern and maize are very common.

In the agriculture sector, the labour force consists of both men and women. Women are involved in planting, harvesting and threshing crops and cleaning and packing of fruits and vegetables, but they are not paid for their labour. The total agricultural production was 114,453 tons in 1993-94, which increased to 167,219 tons in the year 1994-95 , showing an increase of 46 percent in production. The area under cultivation was 19,406 hectares in 1993-94, which decreased to 16,056 hectares in 1994-95, showing a decrease of 17.3 percent. However, at the same time, production increased by 52,766 tons. This was probably, due to an increase in the use of fertilizers, better mechanizations etc.

Major Fruits

Dates,Mangos,Citrus,Banana,Guava,Papaya,Chickoo,Coconut,Shareefa

At the district level, the Department of Agriculture (Extension) has an Assistant Director and an extra Assistant Director to facilitate agricultural production. Two model farms with coconuts, mangoes and oil seeds have been established at Uthal and Wiari. The Department is also improving the irrigation facilities in the area. The Department has two research Farms at Uthal and Bela.
The Department provides assistance and guidance to the farmers by imparting technical know-how, modern techniques of farming and other necessary information about agriculture, horticulture etc. The Department's On Farm Water Management project is also executed in Lasbela district.

Vegetation

The vegetation of Lasbela district is very scanty and consists of desolate shrubs. The woody, thorny, under-shrubs are usually not above thirty centimetres in height and have few leaves with stiff and prickly branches. The euphoriba, nerifolia caragana polyacanthea, convolvulus spinosus, fagonia arabica, acacia rupestria and many other thorny astragali all have thorns. Cappains aphylla, and bushy salsoa are leafless. The stiff leaved fan palm and the rigid tamansk (kirri) are also found. In the eastern parts of the district these are exceptions to the prevailing barren landscape. There are small valleys, such as Bilawal, in the Pub mountains where water springs will have encouraged a more abundant vegetation. O the coast, mangrove swamps are found near Bela.