Chapter 1. Food, Agriculture, and Rural Development in Pakistan

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures and Box vii
4. Foreword xix
5. Acknowledgments xxi
6. Chapter 1. Food, Agriculture, and Rural Development in Pakistan 1
7. Chapter 2. Agriculture, Land, and Productivity in Pakistan 41
8. Chapter 3. Consumption, Nutrition, and Poverty 81
9. Chapter 4. Irrigation and Water Management in the Indus Basin: Infrastructure and Management Strategies to Improve Agricultural Productivity 117
10. Chapter 5. The Architecture of the Pakistani Seed System: A Case of Market-Regulation Dissonance 171
11. Chapter 6. Pakistan’s Fertilizer Sector: Structure, Policies, Performance, and Impacts 219
12. Chapter 7. Agricultural Prices and Trade Policies 273
13. Chapter 8. Public Service Delivery for Rural Development 309
14. Chapter 9. Devolution in Pakistan: Implications for Agriculture and Rural Development 351
15. Chapter 10. Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Rural Pakistan 391
16. Chapter 11. Understanding the Aspirations of the Rural Poor 433
17. Chapter 12. Agricultural Growth, Poverty, and the Rural Nonfarm Economy: A Spatial Economy-wide Analysis 475
18. Chapter 13. Summing Up: Policy and Investment Priorities for Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan 505
19. Authors 515
20. Index 519