Open AccessEconomic Implications of the "Green Re¬volution" and the Strategy of Agricultural Development in West Pakistan
Author(s) -
Hiromitsu Kaneda
Publication year - 1969
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/v9i2pp.111-143
Subject(s) - green revolution , agriculture , agricultural economics , production (economics) , agricultural productivity , agricultural development , economics , natural resource economics , geography , archaeology , macroeconomics
The short-stemmed varieties of wheat and rice imported fromabroad and the increased use of fertilizers have dramatically enlargedthe potential for rapid increases in the agricultural output of WestPakistan. This recent break¬through in foodgrains production issometimes referred to as the "green revolu¬tion". Because of thegenerally favourable conditions in West Pakistan in regard to irrigationwater and solar energy, and due to the unusually favour¬able weather in1967/68 in particular, the "green revolution" is spreading most rapidly.It is high time to focus our attention on some of the economicimplica¬tions of the new developments in agriculture. Recentagricultural growth in West Pakistan has been the result ofim¬provements in the production relationship in the agricultural sector.However, the relationship between land and man in agriculture and thatbetween agricul¬tural production and other economic activities tend tobe neglected in the current discussions of the ways in which the countrymay sustain the recent growth per¬formance.