Abstract
Pakistan is a low income developing country. Agriculture is
the most important sector of the country meeting food and fibre
requirements of the fast growing population. Although the rate of
population increase has considerably slowed down from over 3 percent in
1980s to 2.09 percent in 2009-10, it is still considered high.1 With the
current rate of population growth, the population is expected to get
doubled by 2050—making Pakistan 4th largest nation by 2050 from current
status of 6th most populous state of the world [Pakistan (2010)]. The
total cultivated area has increased by just 40 percent during past 60
years, while there has been more than 4 times increase in population
with urban expansion of over seven-fold—resulting into mega-cities2 as
well as rising population pressure on cultivated land. Wheat production,
a major food crop, has increased five-fold during the same period—yet
the country is marginal importer of wheat. Tremendous efforts are needed
both advances in technology and population control to narrow the food
supply-demand gap.
Publisher
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)
Subject
Development,Geography, Planning and Development
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38 articles.
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