This paper uses the farm-level survey data to estimate the stochastic frontier production function incorporating inefficiency effects. Sufficient evidence of positive relationship between wheat productivity and higher and balanced use of fertiliser nutrients was present. The productivity showed...

Agriculture is the backbone and single largest sector of Pakistan’s economy as its contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) exceeded 25.3 percent during 1997-98. Crops, livestock, fishing and forestry sub-sectors being its main components, only crop and livestock sub-sectors are of...

It follows from the experience of World economies that rising and balanced use of fertilisers is the key factor in agricultural productivity [FAO (1995); SFS and STI (1996); Habib-ur-Rehman (1982) and Pinstrup-Anderson (1976)]. In the case of Pakistan the stepped up fertiliser use has been...

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to apply hybrid cluster analysis in classifying PT Pelindo I customers based on the level of customer satisfaction with passenger services of PT Pelindo I. Design/methodology/approach - Hybrid cluster analysis is a combination of hierarchical and...

Purpose This research was conducted with the aim of examining and explaining the effect of strategic leadership, corporate governance, organizational culture, business infrastructure and corporate alignment as determinants of corporate hospitality; testing and explaining the direct effects of...

Business recovery in the aftermath of natural disasters has become a crucial issue, particularly for tourism small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This study aimed to examine and analyze knowledge management (KM) as an effort to improve business adaptability, mitigation, and business loss in...

This study investigates and examines the relationship between community involvement in the tourism development community and its perceived environmental, sociocultural, and economic impacts on the welfare of local tourism residents. A quantitative approach is used in this study. This involved...

This study aimed to determine the interaction between internal and external factors of consumers indicated by perceived values, green products, and environmental behavior on customers’ decisions to purchase fast food restaurants’ eco-friendly products indicated by green trust and repurchase...

The main objective of this paper has been to review Pakistan’s historical experience in agricultural development in terms of growth, income distribution, and rural poverty. While the long-term growth rates between 1949-50 and 1994-95 were satisfactory, the variations around the average have...

A large majority of the less developed countries, including Pakistan, suffer from low levels of productivity in agriculture. In viewof the scarcity of farm land and the limitations of intensive margins of cultivation, the importance of raising these levels may not be underestimated in terms of a...