An Economic Study of Slow Growth of Crops in Pakistan: A Case of Pulses Production in Punjab

Mohammad Pervez Wasim, Shafiq-ur-Rehman, Amjad Ali, and Ms. Shehnaz Rashid

Abstract

This study attempts to explain the growth trends and supply 
response behaviour of pulse crops in Punjab. The study 
examines the trends in area, production and productivity of 
gram, mung, mash, masoor and matar pulses, and also
estimates the growth rates of area, production and productivity 
of different pulses. Moreover, we examine the response of 
supply of different pulses to changes in; relative price of the 
crop, relative yield of the crop, own price of the crop, own 
yield of the crop, gross irrigated area to gross cropped area, 
rainfall during the critical periods, price risk and finally, yield 
risk. Nerlovian partial adjustment lagged model has been used 
to test the factors influencing the farmers supply allocation. 
The results reveal that the slow growth in most of the pulses 
production can be mainly attributed to stagnation and decline 
in area.