The stagnant agriculture sector of the Fifties was transformed into a dynamic one in Pakistan by the technological breakthroughs made in the early Sixties. The installation of private tubewells, introduction of high-yielding varieties (HWs) for various crops, the rising use of chemical...

The paper investigates the legitimacy of the popular view that the Green Revolution has led to a magnification of income inequality in rural Pakistan. The empirical evidence produced in t his paper is sufficiently conclusive to show that the Green Revolution has actually been responsible for...

Recent experience of a number of countries has amply shown that there is a positive relationship between technology and output. A technological change refers to use of either a new input or an improvement in a traditional factor of production [22]. The changes in technology may be biological,...

The paper investigates the legitimacy of the popular view that the Green Revolution has led to a magnification of income inequality in rural Pakistan. The empirical evidence produced in t his paper is sufficiently conclusive to show that the Green Revolution has actually been responsible for...

Labour supply is a key element in socio-economic development, and although the size, growth and composition of population have a strong bearing on its supply in an economy, the actual labour supply is a function of the labour force participation rate defmed as the ratio of the population engaged...

In view of the significance of technological break-through and the changing pattern of income distribution in the process of economic development, I recently published an article [I, pp. 173-205] which dealt with the redistributive impact of the Green Revolution technology on rural incomes in...

One of the major constraints to an increase in Pakistan's agricultural production is low fertilizer input. Despite spectacular growth of fertilizer consumption during the '60s the rate of fertilizer application in Pakistan remains below the optimal rate [8, pp. 77-90] and far below the rates in...

The purpose of the study is to explore the possibility of developing an econometric model which would help in explaining and predicting changes in wheat production in the Punjab. Wheat is a major crop in the province occupying nearly 40 per cent of the total cultivated area and about 2/3 of the...

The purpose of this paper is to provide estimates of the changes ill the cost of living for rural labourers during the period 1966/67 to 1973. It is well known that throughout this period, and particularly in the recent years, prices have been rising. The Central Statistical Office (CSO)...

for forecasting wheat production. Among the equations developed, it was found out that equation (2.2) for irrigated districts and equation (3.2) for barani districts could be useful in forecasting wheat production in the Punjab. While the forecasting procedure was elaborated in detail, it was...