Open AccessA Programming Approach to Some Agriculture Policy Problems in West Pakistan
Author(s) -
Carl H. Gotsch
Publication year - 1968
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/v8i2pp.192-225
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , agriculture , extension (predicate logic) , economics , agricultural development , business , computer science , geography , archaeology , artificial intelligence , programming language
Planners attempting to influence the course of a country'sagricultural development can expect to confront a wide variety ofproblems which are diffi¬cult, perhaps impossible, to formalize. Many ofthese will involve the most significant decisions in determining aneffective sectoral growth strategy. Ex¬amples that come readily to mindfor agriculture include the asessment of the optimal level of resourcesto be devoted to research and extension activities, the development ofviable credit and marketing institutions, provisions for produc¬tiveland tenure arrangements, etc.