The introduction of green revolution technologies in wheat, and rice production in Asia, in the mid 1960s reversed the … sustainability of Pakistan's irrigated agriculture. To estimate changes in total factor productivity in four production systems of … productivity, especially in the wheat-rice system, where resource degradation has more than offset the productivity effects of …

household welfare but, although large farmers receive most of ADBP finance, the impact of credit is greater for small farmers …Both formal, and informal loans matter in agriculture. But formal lenders provide much more in production lending, than … other governments, the Government of Pakistan subsidized the formal scheme on the grounds that lending to agriculture is a …

farmers except in the wet southeast. Irrigated and rainfed farmers have similar responses to precipitation but not to … climate changes? Based on the empirical results, the likely gains realized by some farmers will nearly offset the losses that … will occur to other farmers in China. If future climate scenarios lead to significant reductions in water, there may be …