Evaluating Agricultural Policies Introduced in the 1950s and their Impacts on Pakistan’s Economy

Abstract

In the year 1947 Pakistan was, in reality, an agrarian
country. The share of the agriculture sector in the national GDP was
explicitly greater than that of other sectors such as the
manufacturing sector and services sector. In the early years, the
reason for greater agriculture share in the national GDP was due to
underdeveloped industrial infrastructure and lack of labour force in
the services sector. To sum it up, the lack of industrial
infrastructure, few areas of services and lack of technical education
paved the way for the agriculture sector to grow and develop.
These were certain structural factors responsible for the decent
growth rate in the agriculture sector. The process of the Green
Revolution has been discussed in great length. The economic and
political cost in the shape of the debacle of East Pakistan and such
other implications of the agricultural policies was the main
rationale of this paper.