This paper fills an information gap regarding factors affecting the supply and demand of pulses in Pakistan. The short- and long-term supply elasticities were estimated using the Nerlovian partial adjustment process, while demand elasticities were estimated by applying the Deaton and Muellbauer...

This paper specifies a model to simultaneously estimate the price response, assuming an interdependence among crops. The model is applied to estimate own-and cross-price elasticities of five major crops in Pakistan, viz., wheat, cotton, rice, sugarcane, and maize based on the production and...

Rates of yield gain and returns to investment in wheat breeding research are estimated for Pakistan's Punjab for the period since the introduction of semidwarf varieties. Analysis of two comprehensive data sets indicates that wheat breeders have maintained a rate of yield gain in newer releases...