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041	0		_aEn
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082	0	4	_a85-115982
100	1		_aLockwood, B.
245	0	0	_aFarm mechanization in Pakistan: _b policy and practice
260			_c1983
340			_aPrinted
500			_a11 tables. Summary (En)
520			_aThis 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
546			_aEnglish
591			_aUPLB, College, Laguna 3720 - Philippines|COMOD
595			_aAC
650	1	0	_aEquipment
650	1	0	_aPakistan
700	1		_aHussain, K.A., _ecoaut.
700	1		_aMunir, M., _ecoaut.
773	0		_tInternational Rice Research Inst., Los Banos, Laguna (Philippines); Agricultural Development Council, New York (USA). Consequences of small-farm mechanization. Los Banos, Laguna (Philippines). 1983. p. 15-30. Received Feb 1984 _n85-115982
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