Farm mechanization in Pakistan:
Lockwood, B.
Farm mechanization in Pakistan: policy and practice - 1983 - Printed
11 tables. Summary (En)
This report contains reviews of the government of Pakistan's farm mechanization policy from 1975 to the present, and of a 1975 World Bank study questioning the suitability of rapid introduction of tractors. The study concluded that although farmers with tractors had good returns on their mechanized investments, these private gains were at the expense of substantial social advances for rural society. Data on the behavioral pattern of farms with a tractor generally supported the findings of the World Bank study particularly in terms of the transfer of farmland from tenants to farmers with tractors and the loss of jobs and earnings for the
English
971-104-082-4
Equipment
Pakistan
85-115982
Farm mechanization in Pakistan: policy and practice - 1983 - Printed
11 tables. Summary (En)
This report contains reviews of the government of Pakistan's farm mechanization policy from 1975 to the present, and of a 1975 World Bank study questioning the suitability of rapid introduction of tractors. The study concluded that although farmers with tractors had good returns on their mechanized investments, these private gains were at the expense of substantial social advances for rural society. Data on the behavioral pattern of farms with a tractor generally supported the findings of the World Bank study particularly in terms of the transfer of farmland from tenants to farmers with tractors and the loss of jobs and earnings for the
English
971-104-082-4
Equipment
Pakistan
85-115982