This article, the second of two articles in this Review on the operation of the wheat market in Pakistan, 1 describes the various sources from which consumers in the Punjab, Sind and the NWFP obtain wheat and flour. There appear to be considerable differences in the patterns of wheat...

Consumption of wheat and rice in Pakistan grows vigorously. The causes are well-known. (i) population growth, officially estimated at about three percent per year, is very high and, (ii) at low levels of income per head the income elasticities of wheat and rice consumption are still positive~...