Learning from better economies
My recent article in these pages (‘Reckless borrowing’, March 18), while appreciated for its candidness, has also evoked a strong sense of despondence among readers. The question that pervades everyone’s…
Agricultural land consolidation
Agricultural land consolidation is a land management procedure which entails restructuring, reorganization or redistribution of land holdings by reducing number of plots or parcels to create larger, more efficient, and…
Reviving agricultural growth: Part – VI
Pakistan will have to develop a unified market linking the farms to retail outlets covering the full supply chain particularly in high-value commodities. Corporate investment and competition in on-farm storage,…
Size of provincial economies
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution has transferred more functions to the Provincial Governments and empowered them more. The 7th NFC Award gave the major share, 57.5 percent, of the…
Structure of the provincial economies
The previous article highlighted the shares of the four Provincial economies in the Gross Domestic and National Products of Pakistan at current prices in 2018-19, the last normal year prior…
Innovation driving economies
The world economic scenario has changed dramatically in the last century, with knowledge replacing natural resources as the major pillar for socio-economic development. The extent of the knowledge gap between…
Seed treatment: foundation of successful cotton crop
Cotton is a cornerstone of Pakistan’s economy and a vital source of livelihood for millions of farmers. The success of a cotton crop is not solely dependent on soil preparation…
Need for modern farming practices
As climate change threatens the country there are also apprehensions about the negative effects it will have on farm produce in the country, which is the backbone of our economy…
Conflict and climate
PROMISES are meant to be broken. That’s why we should respond to the outcome of COP28 with a healthy dose of scepticism. The headlines will focus on the language agreed…
The other time bomb
Pakistan is a nation focused on the crisis du jour. Crises like ‘climate change, environment and population’ are only mentioned occasionally in the newspapers or soft news morning shows, because…
