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.
Debate #354 · Water security and the Indus
Is Pakistan's agricultural decline a water problem or a governance problem?
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Examiners want: causes of decline despite irrigation base, water losses, land and policy failures, food imports, structured remedies
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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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