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The Political Economy of Agricultural Research in Pakistan

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  • MAHMOOD HASAN KHAN

    (Simon Fraser University, Canada.)

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This study is premised on the proposition that economic research on agriculture in Pakistan has concentrated on narrow and technocratic aspects without reference to the structure of production relations among various and contending classes of farmers. The paper identifies three major and so far largely unexplored areas of agricultural research, viz. set of relationships among farm groups and their impact on agricultural production and income distribution, measurement and interpretation of participation by these groups in production activities in the private and public sectors, and the land tax system and its effect on issues of growth and equity.

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  • Mahmood Hasan Khan, 1981. "The Political Economy of Agricultural Research in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 20(2), pages 191-213.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:20:y:1981:i:2:p:191-213
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