Fertilizer consumption, water availability and credit distribution: Major factors affecting agricultural productivity in Pakistan

Rehman, Abdul; Chandio, Abbas Ali; Hussain, Imran; Jingdong, Luan

doi:10.1016/j.jssas.2017.08.002

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“…Pakistan agriculture has declined over time because of reductions in crop production and seed quality, the lack of new technology, political instability, and most importantly, insufficient irrigation infrastructure. [57][58][59] In Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, the Green revolution in agriculture made an energetic entrance into the modern era on the back of modern technology. 60 Concentrating on agriculture could be more fruitful for Pakistan's development and poverty reduction because a large percentage of the population is engaged with the agriculture sector.…”

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<p>The Role of Agriculture and Foreign Remittances in Mitigating Rural Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan</p>

Liu

Amin

Rasool

et al. 2020

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Background: This study examines the role of the agriculture and foreign remittances in mitigating rural poverty in Pakistan. Methods: The data used relate to the period 1980-2017 and are sourced from the World Bank and the Economic Survey of Pakistan produced annually by the Ministry of Finance. The ARDL technique was used to calculate the effects of agriculture and foreign remittances on rural poverty. Results: The results of this study indicate that agriculture helps to mitigate rural poverty in the long run, but that foreign remittances are more effective in reducing rural poverty in the short run. In this paper, results confirm the existence of correlations between agriculture, foreign remittances and rural poverty. Conclusion: The outcomes of this study support the call for the government to introduce agricultural credit schemes for the rural population of Pakistan. Moreover, the government should take steps to enhance diplomatic relations with other countries and simplify policies and visa application procedures for Pakistani workers. Finally, this study suggests the government should simplify procedures for the transfer of foreign remittances to Pakistan.

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<p>The Role of Agriculture and Foreign Remittances in Mitigating Rural Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan</p>

Liu

Amin

Rasool

et al. 2020

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“…Pakistan, which has an agriculture-based economy where over 60% of the population are involved in agriculture-related activities, has a promising potential to utilise agricultural wastes, as explained in Table 15. The statistics report of the World Bank showed that 47% of the land area is used to grow crops [77][78][79]. Pakistan has vast agriculture resources and vacant land to support the cultivation of several crops.…”

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Present Status and Potential of Biomass Energy in Pakistan Based on Existing and Future Renewable Resources

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Pakistan is a developing country that is experiencing a shortage of electricity generation due to its rapidly growing demand. The existing and upcoming energy requirements for power generation and future transportation can be met by efficient utilisation of homegrown biomass resources. Determining the present energy mix resources in various sectors of the country is important. This article analyses the biomass resources and their potential and bioenergy utilisation in Pakistan. An overview of the global renewable energy scenario is presented. This article accentuates the importance and challenges of new technologies and estimates the current and future share of power generation from renewable sources, focusing on the technical potential of biomass energy, which is obtained from agricultural residues, animal manure and municipal solid wastes in Pakistan. This paper highlights the developing technologies that are primarily used to convert biomass waste into energy and presents a critical consideration on future directions in drafting the bioenergy framework policy in Pakistan. For effective implementation of biomass-based renewable energy production in the country, this paper presents an extensive literature review on current and future perspectives and suggestions on future directions and policies to overcome the deficit in electricity supply and environmental concerns. Furthermore, this paper discusses the utilisation of biomass resources in the rapidly growing transportation sector and presents a solution for upcoming mass transit projects in two major cities in Pakistan. The conclusion is that biomass energy is the most sustainable, eco-friendly and efficient renewable energy and is an emerging renewable energy resource that can meet the growing energy demand in Pakistan.

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“…In developing countries modern information and communication tools (ICT) assume an imperative part in enhancing the accessibility of market data and rural improvement (Casaburi et al, 2014). Wheat, maize, sugarcane, cotton and rice are the major crops of Pakistan (Rehman et al, 2017a). According to financial overview of Pakistan contribution of major crops in GDP around 5.4% and contribution of major crops in agriculture part is going to be 25.6%.…”

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“…*Agricultural sector has dominant role in the economy of any country to boost its economy, and also a key driver of agriculture-related industries. It has contribution to increase GDP about 29 %, and about 65% of the world population is associated with agriculture in the agricultural-based countries (Rehman et al, 2015a;2017a). Fig.…”

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A comparative analysis of agricultural development and modernization between China and Pakistan

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2019

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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The economies of developing countries like Pakistan and the Republic of China are highly influenced by agricultural growth and development. It has been frequently discussed that economies can develop through agriculture production growth and agriculture modernization. The role of the agriculture sector in the development of economies has comprehensively discussed whereas the association among the agriculture sector and other sectors of the economy that can alleviate poverty. The study discovers that innovation in the agricultural sector would not only prompt poverty diminishment but also boost up the economic growth in poor countries. It defines clearly all those differences which are found in the introduction of new technology adopters and non-adopters of between Pakistan and China. The prosperity suggestion of this study monitors as: it was settled in the introduction section that agricultural growth over the fulfillment of modernization is one of the key policy purposes of Pakistan and China's economies. Nevertheless, in the detection of economic growth, development among various objectives (e.g., service sector growth and industrialization) can tricky in light of the fact that it just targets higher economic development, although ignoring the agricultural sector, does not essentially involve prosperity for all of the population, especially poor people, and eventually rises dissimilarity. Here it is important to refer looking at the effects of costs, assets, technology, education, unrestricted investments, climatic factors on long-term food accessibility in Bangladesh, found that climatic elements to have generally more impact on food availability than technologies. The major objective of this study is to demonstrate the possible solution for economic growth and highlight previous work is done on agriculture development and modernization in Pakistan and China.

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Fertilizer consumption, water availability and credit distribution: Major factors affecting agricultural productivity in Pakistan

Cited by 125 publications

References 5 publications

<p>The Role of Agriculture and Foreign Remittances in Mitigating Rural Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan</p>

<p>The Role of Agriculture and Foreign Remittances in Mitigating Rural Poverty: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan</p>

Present Status and Potential of Biomass Energy in Pakistan Based on Existing and Future Renewable Resources

A comparative analysis of agricultural development and modernization between China and Pakistan

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