03 March 2021, Multan, Pakistan - Dr. Zahid Mahmud, Director, Central Cotton Research Institute, speaks during an interview at a mirror shed in the Pakistan's central Punjab province city of Multan on March 3, 2021. Agriculture is the largest sector of Pakistan's economy in terms of labour participation and as such livelihood of the majority of the population directly or indirectly depends on it. The major crop grown in the country includes wheat, rice, cotton vegetables, Sugarcane and maize.