LEADER 05523nam 22006255 450 001 9910814858903321 005 20240505191509.0 010 $a9780812294217 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812294217 035 $a(CKB)3710000001024806 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4790691 035 $a(DE-B1597)481237 035 $a(OCoLC)1002222124 035 $a(OCoLC)1004866825 035 $a(OCoLC)1011438673 035 $a(OCoLC)1013937851 035 $a(OCoLC)979631545 035 $a(OCoLC)999354625 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812294217 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001024806 100 $a20170310d2017 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aAgriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan $eIssues, Outlooks, and Policy Priorities /$fNuzhat Ahmad, David J. Spielman, Sohail J. Malik, Paul Dorosh 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aPhiladelphia, Pa. :$cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (554 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 300 $aPublished for the International Food Policy Research Institute. 311 08$a9780812249378 311 08$a0812249372 311 08$a9780812294217 311 08$a0812294211 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tTables and Figures and Box --$tForeword --$tAcknowledgments --$tChapter 1. Food, Agriculture, and Rural Development in Pakistan --$tChapter 2. Agriculture, Land, and Productivity in Pakistan --$tChapter 3. Consumption, Nutrition, and Poverty --$tChapter 4. Irrigation and Water Management in the Indus Basin: Infrastructure and Management Strategies to Improve Agricultural Productivity --$tChapter 5. The Architecture of the Pakistani Seed System: A Case of Market-Regulation Dissonance --$tChapter 6. Pakistan's Fertilizer Sector: Structure, Policies, Performance, and Impacts --$tChapter 7. Agricultural Prices and Trade Policies --$tChapter 8. Public Service Delivery for Rural Development --$tChapter 9. Devolution in Pakistan: Implications for Agriculture and Rural Development --$tChapter 10. Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Rural Pakistan --$tChapter 11. Understanding the Aspirations of the Rural Poor --$tChapter 12. Agricultural Growth, Poverty, and the Rural Nonfarm Economy: A Spatial Economy-wide Analysis --$tChapter 13. Summing Up: Policy and Investment Priorities for Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan --$tAuthors --$tIndex 330 $aHistorically, 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. 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$zPakistan 607 $aPakistan$xEconomic conditions 607 $aPakistan$2fast 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects 676 $a338.1095491 701 $aAhmad$b Nuzhat$01602384 701 $aDorosh$b Paul$01602385 701 $aMalik$b Sohail J$01602386 701 $aSpielman$b David J$01602387 712 02$aInternational Food Policy Research Institute, 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814858903321 996 $aAgriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan$93926351 997 $aUNINA