Friday, May 8, 2009

Agricultural Differences

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/news/business/
Earlier this week, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet, in Pakistan, ordered the immediate import of 25,000 tons of sugar to Pakistan. Along with the 25,000 tons of sugar, the government has planned to loan 20,000 tractors to farmers hoping to crop monitoring/assessment cells. The ECC along with the Ministry of Food and Agriculutre plans to keep a close eye on farmers hoping to better anticipate shortages and surpluses.
In contrast to this shortage of sugar, according to the Dawn Media Group, a newspaper based out of Pakistan, Punjab wheat farmers are estimated to have over 2 million tons of a surplus of wheat by the end of this year.
These two factors have led me to wonder, why is one supply of agriculture in Pakistan flurishing while another is lagging behind? This is a question that will have to be answered in the near future, seeing as how my research project is on the internal conflicts of both the agricultural and textile industries in Pakistan.
Another question that will have to be answered is, what does the government plan to do to fix these problems?
The newspapers have given some insight about what the government is setting in place to do in the shortrun, but what about the longrun?
Stay tuned, for these questions are bound to be answered in the near future.

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