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Book SynopsisCan the Pakistan's agricultural sector and rural economy once again play a significant role in growth and development? Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan: Issues, Outlooks, and Policy Priorities identifies several measures that can promote agricultural productivity growth as well as wider economic and social development.
Trade Review"Pakistan's Indus River basin is an extraordinary agricultural resource. This book documents how, when used properly with large investments and appropriate policies, agriculture brought rapid overall growth and poverty reduction. The wide-ranging, perceptive, quantitative, and qualitative analysis of this book has detailed, essential lessons, not only for Pakistan itself, but for all the stalled agricultural economies of much of Africa and select countries in Asia as well."—John W. Mellor, Cornell University
"Food insecurity is one of the most alarming problems facing developing countries today. It is also one of the most complex. Evidence-based policy research that can positively influence decision making to address this issue is the need of the hour. Fortunately, Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan: Issues, Outlooks, and Policy Priorities, published by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), meets this need by not only exposing the problem at hand but also offering solutions. This book is invaluable for Pakistan as it provides fresh insights into how agriculture and rural development can lead to rapid economic growth, food security, and poverty reduction."—Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan, federal minister for food security and research
"The book Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan: Issues, Outlooks, and Policy Priorities successfully traces the historical evolution of public policy on food security, agriculture, and the rural economy in Pakistan and provides a detailed analysis of the factors underlying the multidimensional nature of the current situation. The research-based insights and recommendations contained in this book are invaluable for researchers and policy makers in Pakistan. This book is a fine example of the International Food Policy Research Institute's mission to support countries with relevant policy research for effective decision making."—Sartaj Aziz, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
"This book has analyzed the challenges and evolution of the rural economy in impressive depth and breadth. The policy research reported in this book is relevant, actionable, practicable, tangible, and implementable and fully supports the vision of a prosperous Pakistan. I congratulate IFPRI, its Pakistan team, and all the researchers involved for putting together a detailed analysis of the agriculture sector and its role in the economy of Pakistan."—Ahsan Iqbal, Pakistan's Planning Commission
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Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Food, Agriculture, and Rural Development in Pakistan
—David J. Spielman, Sohail J. Malik, Paul Dorosh, and Nuzhat Ahmad
Chapter 2 Agriculture, Land, and Productivity in Pakistan
—Sohail J. Malik, Shujat Ali, Khalid Riaz, Edward Whitney, Mehrab Malek, and Ahmad Waqas
Chapter 3 Consumption, Nutrition, and Poverty
—Sohail J. Malik, Hina Nazli, Edward Whitney, Asma Shahzad, and Amina Mehmood
Chapter 4 Irrigation and Water Management in the Indus Basin: Infrastructure and Management Strategies to Improve Agricultural Productivity
—Stephen Davies, Arthur Gueneau, Dawit Mekonnen, Claudia Ringler, and Sherman Robinson
Chapter 5 The Architecture of the Pakistani Seed System: A Case of Market-Regulation Dissonance
Muhammad Ahsan Rana, David J. Spielman, and Fatima Zaidi
Chapter 6 Pakistan's Fertilizer Sector: Structure, Policies, Performance, and Impacts
—Mubarik Ali, Faryal Ahmed, Hira Channa, and Stephen Davies
Chapter 7 Agricultural Prices and Trade Policies
—Paul Dorosh, Elena Briones Alonso, Shuaib Malik, and Abdul Salam
Chapter 8 Public Service Delivery for Rural Development
—Madiha Afzal, Gissele Gajate Garrido, Brian Holtemeyer, and Katrina Kosec
Chapter 9 Devolution in Pakistan: Implications for Agriculture and Rural Development
—Danielle Resnick and Abdul Wajid Rana
Chapter 10 Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Rural Pakistan
—Nuzhat Ahmad, Madeeha Hameed, Huma Khan, and Sara Rafi
Chapter 11 Understanding the Aspirations of the Rural Poor
—Katrina Kosec and Huma Khan
Chapter 12 Agricultural Growth, Poverty, and the Rural Nonfarm Economy: A Spatial Economy-wide Analysis
—Paul Dorosh, Emily Schmidt, and James Thurlow
Chapter 13 Summing Up: Policy and Investment Priorities for Agriculture and the Rural Economy in Pakistan
—David J. Spielman and Sohail J. Malik
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