Open AccessThe Political Economy of Agricultural Research in Pakistan
Author(s) -
Mahmood Hasan Khan
Publication year - 1981
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/v20i2pp.191-213
Subject(s) - agriculture , technocracy , equity (law) , distribution (mathematics) , production (economics) , politics , economics , agricultural productivity , agricultural economics , economic growth , political science , geography , macroeconomics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology , law
This study is premised on the propo1ition that economicresearch on agriculture in Pakistan has concentrated on narrow andtechnocratic aspects without reference to the structure of productionrelations among various and contending classes of farmers. The paperidentifies three major and so far largely unexplored areas ofagricultural research, viz. set of relationships among farm groups andtheir impact on agricultural production and income distribution,measurement and interpretation of participation by these groups inproduction activities in the private and public sectors, and the landtax system and its effect on issues of growth and equity.