National Study on Agriculture Investment in Pakistan
Ahmed, Vaqar; Javed, Asif | June 2016
Abstract
Pakistan is a food insecure and water scarce country. Though, there had been a decrease in ‘extremely food insecure’ population from 22.4% in 2009 to 17.4% in 2013, an overall extent of food insecurity has increased from 48.6% in 2009 to 58% in 2013(Ramay 2014). The Economic Survey 2014-15 reported agriculture’s share in GDP at 21%. The sector also provided employment to 43.5% working age population. During the recent years, agriculture growth rate in Pakistan has remained below the long-term average of 4%.1 Key reasons for this subdued growth include: falling global prices for commodities produced in the country, higher cost of production in crop and livestock sectors, slow rate of agro-technology innovation, weak adoption of progressive farming techniques, issues regarding quality and quantity of raw material supplies, weak marketing, trade restrictions in agriculture, pest and livestock disease, slow and inadequate disbursements of agriculture credit (GoP 2015).
Citation
Ahmed, Vaqar; Javed, Asif. 2016. National Study on Agriculture Investment in Pakistan. © Sustainable Development Policy Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/6822.Keywords
Agricultural statistics
Sustainable development
Agribusiness
Agricultural trade
Agricultural economy
Agricultural product marketing
Agricultural products
Climatic change
Climatic influence
Climatic
Climatology
Global commons
Ozone depletion
Investment analysis
Investment bank
Investment dispute
Investment policy
Investment return
Agriculture
Women in agriculture
Sustainable agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Climate
Climate change
Climate impacts assessment
Global climate change
Investment climates
Agricultural information network
Agricultural processing industry
New agricultural enterprise
Produce trade
Export
Import
International competition
Commercial policy
International trade
Economic policy
Foreign investment
Ratio analysis
Risk return relationship
Wind
Ozone layer
Investment
Bank and banking
Speculation
Climate change mitigation
Global temperature change
Precipitation anomaly
Precipitation variability
Goat farming
Green Revolution
Harvesting
Herb farming
Hill farming
Land capability for agriculture
Livestock
Traditional farming
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