Open AccessForecasting Wheat Production in Punjab: An Appraisal
Author(s) -
Sarfraz Khan Qureshi,
Moinuddin Moinuddin
Publication year - 1976
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/v15i2pp.222-230
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , economic shortage , production (economics) , government (linguistics) , economics , agricultural economics , natural resource economics , macroeconomics , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , programming language
It is generally believed that Pakistan is not self-sufficientin wheat. Each year the government plans for wheat imports to fill theestimated shortage of wheat. Effective import policy can only beformulated on the basis of sound forecasting of the related variables.This note has a limited purposes of reviewing the existing forecastingtechniques for wheat production. The broad conclusion that emerges fromthe review indicates a possibility of considerable scope for improvementin the current forecasting techniques.