Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan : Issues, Outlooks, and Policy Priorities /

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Historically, agriculture has been crucial to Pakistan's economic growth and development and remains so even today. The sector employs almost half of the country's labor force, supplies key inputs to the country's manufacturing sector, generates a significant share of export earnings,...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Afzal, Madiha (Contribuidor), Ahmad, Nuzhat (Contribuidor, Editor ), Ahmed, Faryal (Contribuidor), Ali, Mubarik (Contribuidor), Ali, Shujat (Contribuidor), Alonso, Elena Briones (Contribuidor), Channa, Hira (Contribuidor), Davies, Stephen (Contribuidor), Dorosh, Paul (Contribuidor, Editor ), Fan, Shenggen (Contribuidor), Garrido, Gissele Gajate (Contribuidor), Gueneau, Arthur (Contribuidor), Hameed, Madeeha (Contribuidor), Holtemeyer, Brian (Contribuidor), Khan, Huma (Contribuidor), Kosec, Katrina (Contribuidor), Malek, Mehrab (Contribuidor), Malik, Shuaib (Contribuidor), Malik, Sohail J. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Mehmood, Amina (Contribuidor), Mekonnen, Dawit (Contribuidor), Nazli, Hina (Contribuidor), Rafi, Sara (Contribuidor), Rana, Abdul Wajid (Contribuidor), Rana, Muhammad Ahsan (Contribuidor), Resnick, Danielle (Contribuidor), Riaz, Khalid (Contribuidor), Ringler, Claudia (Contribuidor), Robinson, Sherman (Contribuidor), Salam, Abdul (Contribuidor), Schmidt, Emily (Contribuidor), Shahzad, Asma (Contribuidor), Spielman, David J. (Contribuidor, Editor ), Thurlow, James (Contribuidor), Waqas, Ahmad (Contribuidor), Whitney, Edward (Contribuidor), Zaidi, Fatima (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
Temas:
Agriculture > Pakistan > Pāṭa.
Agriculture > Pakistan.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development.
Agriculture.
Business.
Economics.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Figures and Box
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Food, Agriculture, and Rural Development in Pakistan
  • Chapter 2. Agriculture, Land, and Productivity in Pakistan
  • Chapter 3. Consumption, Nutrition, and Poverty
  • Chapter 4. Irrigation and Water Management in the Indus Basin: Infrastructure and Management Strategies to Improve Agricultural Productivity
  • Chapter 5. The Architecture of the Pakistani Seed System: A Case of Market-Regulation Dissonance
  • Chapter 6. Pakistan's Fertilizer Sector: Structure, Policies, Performance, and Impacts
  • Chapter 7. Agricultural Prices and Trade Policies
  • Chapter 8. Public Service Delivery for Rural Development
  • Chapter 9. Devolution in Pakistan: Implications for Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Chapter 10. Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Rural Pakistan
  • Chapter 11. Understanding the Aspirations of the Rural Poor
  • Chapter 12. Agricultural Growth, Poverty, and the Rural Nonfarm Economy: A Spatial Economy-wide Analysis
  • Chapter 13. Summing Up: Policy and Investment Priorities for Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan
  • Authors
  • Index

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