Pakistan’s Agriculture Trade with South Asia

Asif Javed

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Abstract: Agriculture sector has major contributor towards GDP of Pakistan and also absorbs the extensive portion of labor force. It is observed from the examination of trade data from 2010 to 2017 that integration within South Asia is limited merely with Afghanistan and India while trade with Maldives and Nepal shows negligible figures. Agriculture exports can be increased by developing value chains and trade ties with countries towards which Pakistan has limited export volume. Further, to expand the agriculture exports Pakistan must also focus on export of animals and food products. Overall agriculture growth can be achieved by making public investment in basic inputs including water and seeds through which productivity can be increased.

Keywords: Agriculture; Food products; Livestock; South Asia; Value chains; Exports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 O20 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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