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Debate #191 · Agriculture and food security

Is land reform necessary to transform Pakistan's agriculture and rural power structure?

Asked 3 times · 3 years · Economics · Sociology
This debate All debatesAsked beforeQuestions (3)PositionsSame themeHas state policy on pricing, credit, subsidies and tax helped or hindered Pakistan's agriculture?Has the Green Revolution model exhausted its potential for Pakistan's agricultural growth?Is Pakistan's food insecurity a problem of production or of poverty and access?
+1 moreIs small farmers' resistance to innovation irrational or a rational response to risk?

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Examiners want: Meaning of land reform, Pakistan's 1959/1972/1977 attempts, feudal power, necessity versus sufficiency, and supporting measures

The questions

2013
CSS · Sociology · Compare

Define and differentiate between caste and class. Discuss the dynamics of classes in the existing feudal system.

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2008
CSS · Economics · Recommend

There appears to be widespread agreement that in those regions where the distribution of land ownership is highly unequal (Latin America and parts of Asia), land reforms is necessary but not sufficient condition for promoting and improving small – scale agriculture. What is meant by this statement and by the concept of land reforms? Give some examples of supportive policy measures that might accompany land reform in the light of experience in Pakistan.

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2005
CSS · Economics · Discuss

To join hands with the communities of nations Pakistan trading advantage can only be in least cost combination and constantly improving quality of its products. Agriculture sector must be industrialized as much as possible with effective land reform. Comment?

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