Author : Rana, Abdul Wajid
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Book Synopsis A study of commodity debt: The case of Punjab province-Pakistan by : Rana, Abdul Wajid
Download or read book A study of commodity debt: The case of Punjab province-Pakistan written by Rana, Abdul Wajid and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The state intervention in the agriculture market and trade policies, including ad-ministered prices or protective trade policies, with the objective of supporting food secu-rity, income generation for growers, and affordability for consumers has a long history. Most of these have been phased out through the late 1980s and 1990s though, wheat (through domestic procurement, temporary import/export control imposing regulatory duties, and sub-sidized sales to select flour mills) and sugarcane (through import tariffs, as well as indicative prices and export subsidies) still are the two major crops with public intervention. In addition, import tariffs and other restrictions protecting dairy products and vegetable oils remains. Be-sides, there are input subsidies on fertilizers, electricity for water pumping1 or implicitly, on canal irrigation water.