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Is Pakistan's agricultural decline a water problem or a governance problem?

Asked in 2 years · 2009–2023Appears in:Pakistan Affairs
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This debate All debatesIn shortPositionsNewsPast questions (2)Same themeIs Pakistan's water crisis mainly self-inflicted mismanagement or the result of external pressure?Will transboundary water disputes push Pakistan towards conflict with its neighbours?Has the Indus Waters Treaty served Pakistan's interests against India?

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causes of decline despite irrigation base, water losses, land and policy failures, food imports, structured remedies
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2023 · CSS Pakistan Affairs · DiscussHaving the largest irrigation system in the world, the land of the sub-continent served as the main food supply basket for the British power for more than a century, but now… Outline it
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2023
CSS · Pakistan Affairs · Discuss

Having the largest irrigation system in the world, the land of the sub-continent served as the main food supply basket for the British power for more than a century, but now Pakistan has to import food commodities. Discuss in detail the causes of this agricultural decline.

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2009
CSS · Pakistan Affairs · Question

Inspite of strong research-base, rich lands, reasonable water-resources and various land-reforms, why agriculture sector remained less-developed in Pakistan?

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