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The Impact Of Irrigation And Agricultural Policy Measures On The Socio Economic Situation Of Farmers In The Rice Zone Of The Punjab Province Pakistan
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Book Synopsis The Impact of Irrigation and Agricultural Policy Measures on the Socio-economic Situation of Farmers in the Rice Zone of the Punjab Province (Pakistan) by : Abdul Qayyum Mohsin
Download or read book The Impact of Irrigation and Agricultural Policy Measures on the Socio-economic Situation of Farmers in the Rice Zone of the Punjab Province (Pakistan) written by Abdul Qayyum Mohsin and published by Lit Verlag. This book was released on 1999 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The economywide impacts of increasing water security through policies on agricultural production: The case of rice and sugarcane in Pakistan by : Davies, Stephen
Download or read book The economywide impacts of increasing water security through policies on agricultural production: The case of rice and sugarcane in Pakistan written by Davies, Stephen and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing demand for water juxtaposed with shrinking supplies will require a transfer of water resources out of agriculture into the domestic, industrial, and ideally environmental sectors. To examine the potential of policies to facilitate a release of water from agriculture, this paper uses IFPRI’s Computable General Equilibrium Model with a water extension, CGE-W, to assess the impact of commodity taxes on two highly water consumptive crops, rice and sugarcane, on water consumption and the overall economy. We find that land use grows by 1.56 million acres overall when the tax is imposed on both commodities, while 3.2-million-acre feet (MAF) of consumed water, equivalent to 6.35 MAF of water withdrawals, are released from agriculture. These outcomes are due to sugarcane’s reduced use of land over two cropping seasons and significant changes in cropping patterns. The study also examined releases of water from other possible policy measures and found that an even tax rate of 30% on sugarcane, rice and cotton yields 8.73 MAF of water from agriculture. However, with a hotter, drier climate virtually all these releases of water disappear because water must stay in agriculture due to higher evaporation and less precipitation, which raises irrigation demands. The needed policies will go beyond just taxation and might include changing cropping patterns and irrigation practices, as well as development of drought resistant varieties. Other approaches, such as buying tubewells from farmers, and developing markets for nonagricultural purchases of water, may have a role. The role of international trade in sugar and rice is shown to be significant and should be considered further in these analyses.
Book Synopsis The Role of Research-supported Irrigation Policy in Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture by : D. J. Bandaragoda
Download or read book The Role of Research-supported Irrigation Policy in Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture written by D. J. Bandaragoda and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1993 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction; Institutions, policy and research; Research and policy on irrigation: the case of Pakistan; Discussion: linking research with policy; Conclusion.
Book Synopsis Effects of Irrigation on Rice Productivity and Commercial Educational and Overall Infrastructure on Farm-household Decisions in Central Punjab 1992 by : Memoona Rauf Kahn
Download or read book Effects of Irrigation on Rice Productivity and Commercial Educational and Overall Infrastructure on Farm-household Decisions in Central Punjab 1992 written by Memoona Rauf Kahn and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Pakistan: A cost-benefit analysis of crop rotation practice in rainfed areas by : Rana, Abdul Wajid
Download or read book Pakistan: A cost-benefit analysis of crop rotation practice in rainfed areas written by Rana, Abdul Wajid and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges confronting our global system today. The scientific community has clearly established that global temperatures are rising and the consequences of climate change may swiftly transition from an environmental risk to an economic threat. Agriculture sector is particularly vulnerable to changes in weather and climatic condition. Over 60% of the yield variability is chalked up to to climate change; significantly affecting food production and farmer income. Changes in climate affect the onset and duration of crop growing cycle, and the extent and duration of heat and water stress impact agriculture production. Moreover, it may trigger pest and disease outbreaks causing significant production losses. Small-scale farmers in rain-fed areas of Pakistan face the severe susceptibility to the challenges brought about by climate change. This vulnerability stems from their heavy dependence on traditional farming methods and their limited ability to adapt, exacerbated by their limited access to advanced technologies and high levels of poverty. Worldwide, crop yields from rainfed farming are approximately 50 percent less than those achieved through irrigated methods. In the absence of adaptation measures to cope with climate change, a potential decline of around 50 percent in rain-fed agricultural yields could potentially occur within the next 30-35 years. Promoting climate smart agricultural practices appears to be a dependable strategy for addressing risks posed by climate change.
Book Synopsis Physical and Socio-economic Dynamics of a Watercourse in Pakistan's Punjab by : Max K. Lowdermilk
Download or read book Physical and Socio-economic Dynamics of a Watercourse in Pakistan's Punjab written by Max K. Lowdermilk and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Productivity Growth and Resources Degradation in Pakistan's Punjab by : Derek Byerlee
Download or read book Productivity Growth and Resources Degradation in Pakistan's Punjab written by Derek Byerlee and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: November 2000 The introduction of green revolution technologies in wheat and rice production in Pakistan's Punjab province reversed the country's food crisis and stimulated rapid agricultural and economic growth. But resource degradation through intensification, monocropping, and mismanagement of water resources has offset much of the productivity effect of technological change. The introduction of green revolution technologies in wheat and rice production in Asia in the mid-1960s reversed the food crisis and stimulated rapid agricultural and economic growth. But the sustain-ability of this intensification strategy is being questioned in light of the heavy use of external inputs and growing evidence of a slowdown in productivity growth and degradation of the resource base. Ali and Byerlee address the critical issue of long-term productivity and the sustainability of Pakistan's irrigated agriculture. To estimate changes in total factor productivity in four production systems of Punjab province, they assemble district-level data on 33 crops, 8 livestock products, and 17 input categories. They find that average annual growth in total factor productivity was moderately high (1.26 percent) for both crops and livestock for the period 1966-94, but observe wide variation in productivity growth by cropping system. A second, disaggregated data set on soil and water quality reveals significant resource degradation. The authors use the two data sets to decompose the effects of technical change and resource degradation through application of a cost function. They find that continuous and widespread resource degradation (as measured by soil and water quality variables) has had a significant negative effect on productivity, especially in the wheat-rice system, where resource degradation has more than offset the productivity effects of technological change. Degradation of the health of the agro-ecosystem was related in part to modern technologies, monocropping, and mismanagement of water resources. The results call for urgent analysis of technology and policy options to arrest the degradation of resources. This paper--a joint product of the Rural Development Department and the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center--is part of a larger effort to support the development of sustainable intensification of irrigated agricultural systems. The study was funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project "Total Factor Productivity Growth in Post-Green Revolution Agriculture of Pakistan and Northwest India." Mubarik Ali may be contacted at [email protected].
Book Synopsis Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan by : David J. Spielman
Download or read book Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan written by David J. Spielman and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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, and nourishes a rapidly growing population. Further, beyond agriculture is the wider rural economy, including nonfarm economic activities such as small enterprises, transport services, village retail shops, local schools, and clinics, all of which account for an estimated 40 to 57 percent of total rural household income. Given the importance of these rural activities, the slow growth of agriculture in recent years—averaging just 2.8 percent during the period 2010-2014—should be a source of concern for Pakistan. Can the country's agricultural sector and rural economy once again play a significant role in growth and development? Can it contribute to poverty reduction? Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan: Issues, Outlooks, and Policy Priorities seeks to answer these questions by examining the performance of both agriculture and the rural economy. The authors identify several measures that can promote agricultural productivity growth as well as wider economic and social development. These include increasing the efficiency of water use in the Indus river basin irrigation system, especially in the face of climate change; reforming policies and regulations that govern markets for agricultural inputs and commodities; and improving the provision of rural public services for health, education, women's empowerment, and community development. The analyses and conclusions in Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan will be of use to policy makers, development specialists, and others concerned with Pakistan's development. Contributors: Madiha Afzal, Nuzhat Ahmad, Faryal Ahmed, Mubarik Ali, Shujat Ali, Elena Briones Alonso, Hira Channa, Stephen Davies, Paul Dorosh, Gisselle Gajate Garrido, Arthur Gueneau, Madeeha Hameed, Brian Holtemeyer, Huma Khan, Katrina Kosec, Mehrab Malek, Sohail J. Malik, Shuaib Malik, Amina Mehmood, Dawit Mekonnen, Hina Nazli, Sara Rafi, Muhammad Ahsan Rana, Abdul Wajid Rana, Danielle Resnick, Khalid Riaz, Abdul Salam, Emily Schmidt, Asma Shahzad, David J. Spielman, James Thurlow, Ahmad Waqas, Edward Whitney, Fatima Zaidi.
Book Synopsis Trying to Grow by : Martina Aruna Padmanabhan
Download or read book Trying to Grow written by Martina Aruna Padmanabhan and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2002 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the negotiations at the inter- and intrafaces of knowledge and gender. It analyses the construction of gender and knowledge to reveal how innovations in agriculture either transform existing gender relations or unfold a transcending potential. The case studies on the cultivation of cowpeas, onions and soybeans by Dagombas and Kusasis show that supposedly gender-neutral agricultural innovations become contested fields when men and women are "Trying to Grow". The contextualisation and social connotation of a crop decides over women's participation in rural development. The book throws a fresh light on the management of agricultural knowledge.
Book Synopsis The Indus Basin of Pakistan by : Winston Yu
Download or read book The Indus Basin of Pakistan written by Winston Yu and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study assesses the impacts of climate risks and development alternatives on water and agriculture in the Indus basin of Pakistan. It analyzes inter-relationships among the climate, water, and agriculture sectors and provides a systems modeling framework for these purposes.
Book Synopsis Irrigation impacts on income inequality and poverty alleviation: Policy issues and options for improved management of irrigation systems by : Madhusudan Bhattarai
Download or read book Irrigation impacts on income inequality and poverty alleviation: Policy issues and options for improved management of irrigation systems written by Madhusudan Bhattarai and published by IWMI. This book was released on 2001 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the conceptual and policy issues relating to the impact that irrigation has on crop production, farm income, inequities in income distribution and poverty alleviation. It also focuses, specifically, on poverty issues associated with head-tail water distribution inequity in an irrigation system.
Book Synopsis Institutional Factors Affecting Irrigation Performance in Pakistan by : D. J. Bandaragoda
Download or read book Institutional Factors Affecting Irrigation Performance in Pakistan written by D. J. Bandaragoda and published by IWMI. This book was released on 1992 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The strong irrigation tradition has sustained the broad based community community interest in irrigation. The result is a very complex institutional milieu in which a set of formally established irrigation rules and organizations exists side by side with an intricate set of social institutions. The two sets act like a dual system often in conflict with each other. The authors, while analyzing the present institutional barriers, have highlighted the importance of irrigation rules and procedures in the institutional framework.
Book Synopsis Comparative Advantage of Agricultural Production Systems and Its Policy Implications in Pakistan by : D. Appleyard
Download or read book Comparative Advantage of Agricultural Production Systems and Its Policy Implications in Pakistan written by D. Appleyard and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1987 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Increasing the Productivity of Rice Based Farming Systems of the Pakistan Punjab by : Pervaiz Amir
Download or read book Increasing the Productivity of Rice Based Farming Systems of the Pakistan Punjab written by Pervaiz Amir and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Irrigation Development and Agrarian Change by : Jayantha Perera
Download or read book Irrigation Development and Agrarian Change written by Jayantha Perera and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study examines irrigation development and agrarian change in the lower Indus basin during the past 150 years. Sindh, one of the constituent provinces of Pakistan, is located in the lower Indus river basin. The British captured Sindh in 1843 from local Mirs (rulers) and governed it for the next hundred years. Its annexation to the Bombay Presidency of British India triggered a process of irrigation infrastructure and institutional development that has continued after it became a constituent province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 1947. The main argument of this study is that during the last 150 years, agrarian changes in Sindh have been triggered by irrigation infrastructure development, initiated and supported by the state. It further argues that although large-scale irrigation facilities have expanded the irrigated land area and improved agricultural production during this period, the relations of production in agriculture have continued without much change"--P. 27-28.
Book Synopsis Socio Economic Impact of Tractorization in Pakistan by : Muhammad Afzaal Khan
Download or read book Socio Economic Impact of Tractorization in Pakistan written by Muhammad Afzaal Khan and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis New Technology & Rural Transformation by : Dilawar Ali Khan
Download or read book New Technology & Rural Transformation written by Dilawar Ali Khan and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
