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    <title>Assessment of agricultural sustainability in Pakistan</title>
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    <namePart>Zulfiqar, Farhad</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Thapa, Gopal B.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Shivakot, Ganesh P.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Soparth Pongquan</namePart>
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  <name type="corporate">
    <namePart>Higher Education Commission (HEC),Pakistan</namePart>
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      <roleTerm type="text">Scholarship donor</roleTerm>
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    <namePart>Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship</namePart>
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      <placeTerm type="text">Pathum Thani</placeTerm>
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    <publisher>Asian Institute of Technology</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2013</dateIssued>
    <issuance>continuing</issuance>
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    <extent>62 leaves : ill., charts</extent>
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  <abstract>The  research  is  about  the  assessment  of  the  agricultural  sustainability  in  Pakistan  at  the provincial level.Main objectives of the research are to analyze sustainability of agriculture at provincial level from economic, social and environmental perspective based on selected indicators,  and  to  make  province  specific  policy  recommendations  for  promotion  of socioeconomically  and  environmentally  sustainable  agriculture.This  research  study  was carried out to assess the status of agricultural sustainability from year 2005-06 to 2010-11. Province  specific  policy  recommendations  were  proposed  to  improve  the  socioeconomic and environmental sustainability of agriculture in Punjab, Sindh, KPK and Balochistan. The data analysis was performed in order to find out the sustainability of the agriculture at the  provincial  level  based  on  economic,  social  and  environmental  determinants.  For  the purpose  of  comparison  the  year  2005-06  was  taken  as  base  year  similar  to  the  norm adopted by the government of Pakistan. The data for all the indicators was analyzed from the  year  2005-06  to  2010-11  or  for  the  latest  available  data.  This  was  because  the  last agricultural census in Pakistan, which provides comprehensive information on most of the agricultural variables, was carried out in 2010. The data was collected from the secondary sources and quantitative data analysis techniques were employed. This  research  found  out  that  the  three  dimensions  of  sustainability  rank  the  provinces differently.  While  Sindh  and  Punjab  province  fared  impressively  in  economic  and  social sustainability  aspect of  agricultural sustainability, their performance on the environmental front  was  disappointing,  pointing  towards  needs  to  improve  on  this  aspect.  On  the  other hand  KPK  and  Balochistan  displayed  a  poor  show  on  socioeconomic  aspects  while  at  the same  time  showing  good  performance  on  the  environmental  dimension  of  agricultural sustainability.   In   conclusion,   there   was   need   to   progress   for   the   improvement   of agricultural sustainability in all four provinces albeit on different fronts. For   the   enhancement   of   agricultural   sustainability   at   the   provincial   level   certain recommendations  were  put  forward.  These  mainly  focused  on  province  specific  policies because of different socioeconomic and biophysical conditions prevailing in provinces.</abstract>
  <note>A research submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Regional and Rural Development Planning</note>
  <note>Research studies project report (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2013</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Sustainable agriculture</topic>
    <geographic>Pakistan</geographic>
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