Agricultural credit in Pakistan: constraints and options. | [Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences • 2008]

Author(s):

1. Muhammad Khalid Bashir: Department of Development Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

2. Muhammad Masood Azeem: Department of Development Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Abstract:

Agriculture sector is the single largest contributor to the national income (GDP) contributing nearly 21 percent to the GDP and provides employment to nearly 43 percent of the workforce and supplies raw material to the industrial sector (notably textile industry) of Pakistan. Credit is an important tool for getting the inputs in time increasing thereby the productivity of the farms particularly those of small ones. The current study was designed to investigate the problems faced by the farmers while getting the loan. It was found that the small farmers faced a lot of problems in getting and returning the loan which must be removed to get better results and hence improving the quality and quantity of the agricultural products.

Page(s): 47-49

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Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Year: 2008

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