TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND AGRICULTURAL GROWTH IN PAKISTAN

This study was designed to measure the impact of the technologies on agricultural growth. Agricultural technologies and knowledge have been restructured and distributed by public institutions at large scale. But over the past two decades, use of pesticides, fertilizers, tractors and tube wells for agricultural production has increased rapidly, and the world economy has become more efficient and well-organized. These factors have positive impact on investment in agricultural research, technology and have influenced the growth of economy of Pakistan. This study shows empirical relationship between tube wells, pesticides, tractors, fertilizers and agriculture growth over the period 1971-2007. For empirical analysis simple OLS, (Ordinary Least Square), Johnson’s Co-integration and Error correction model techniques have been used to find relationship between agriculture growth and explanatory variables. The public sector still has a role to play, particularly in managing the new knowledge, supporting research to fill up the left over gaps, encouraging and regulating farmers associations, and ensuring their effects on the agriculture growth are adequately reviewed.