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A Policy Model of the Wheat and Rice Economy of Pakistan

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  • PETER A. CORNELISSE

    (Development Planning.Erasmus University Rotterdam)

  • BART KUIJPERS

    (Development Planning.Erasmus University Rotterdam)

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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~ Clearly, in order to achieve or maintain self-sufficiency in wheat and rice, domestic production of these products has to increase, at least at the same pace as consumption. When viewing the production performance of recent years in this light there is reason for satisfaction. Volumes of wheat imports, expressed as a percentage of domestic production, have tended to fall over the past ten to fifteen years, while rice exports have increased to, and then stabilized around, a level of one million tons per year

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  • Peter A. Cornelisse & Bart Kuijpers, 1987. "A Policy Model of the Wheat and Rice Economy of Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 26(4), pages 385-400.
  • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:26:y:1987:i:4:p:385-400
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    1. Muhammad Zulfiqar & Anwar F. Chishti, 2010. "Development of Supply and Demand Functions of Pakistan’s Wheat Crop," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 15(1), pages 91-102, Jan-Jun.
    2. Nabiha Ahsan & Aamer Amin & Jamal Hassan & Tahir Mahmood, 2020. "Effects of Inflaction on Agricultural Commodities," International Journal of Agriculture & Sustainable Development, 50sea, vol. 2(4), pages 105-111, November.
    3. Ajmal Waheed & Muhammad Zulfiqar & Anwar F. Chishti, 2012. "Implications of Liberalization of Trade on Economic Welfare of Producers and Consumers of Basmati Rice," Institutions and Economies (formerly known as International Journal of Institutions and Economies), Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, vol. 4(1), pages 1-20, April.

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