Open AccessOutput Effects of Tubewells on the Agriculture of the Punjab: Some Empirical Results
Author(s) -
Hiromitsu Kaneda,
Mohammad Ghaffar
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v10i1pp.68-87
Subject(s) - cropping , agriculture , irrigation , fertilizer , resource (disambiguation) , five year plan , agricultural economics , agricultural engineering , environmental science , geography , agronomy , economics , biology , engineering , computer science , computer network , archaeology , china
It is now established that the encouraging performance of theagriculture of West Pakistan during the second-plan period took placelargely as a result of water-resource development in which privatetubewells were particularly important1. According to the pioneeringstudy by the Late Ghulam Mohammad, additional water made available bythe tubewells enabled the farmers to: "/) increase the depth ofirrigation for existing crops; ii) increase the intensity of cropping byeliminating fallowing and by double cropping; Hi) grow more valuablecrops like cotton, rice, fruits and vegetables; iv) increase the use offertilizer; v) increase the efficiency of bullock use; and vi) increasethe output per manual worker" [4, p. 44].