Valdés, Alberto2014-04-162014-04-162013-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17865This policy paper focuses on the incentive framework for Pakistani agriculture, with emphasis on trade and price policies. It first presents a synthesis of major trends in the performance of the sector and analyzes Pakistan's extraordinarily complex, opaque and discretionary, and continually-changing trade regime. It presents a disaggregated analysis of the border measures for the selected products (trade and price interventions vary by product), and estimates the joint effect of trade and procurement policies on farm prices, captured by direct price comparison. It concludes by providing policy recommendations emphasizing on the revision of trade regime to eliminate quantitative restrictions and to modify tariffs in the direction of greater equality, a positive, moderate and uniform tariff on imports across the board as the only border measure for import competing products.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESAGRICULTURAL EXPORTSAGRICULTURAL INPUTSAGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRICEAGRICULTURAL PRICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTUREANIMAL PRODUCTSANTI-EXPORT BIASBARRIERBEETSBORDER PRICECANE SUGARCAPITAL INVESTMENTCASH CROPSCDCEREAL VARIETIESCEREALSCOFFEECOMMERCECOMMODITIESCOMMODITYCOMMODITY PRICESCOMPETITIVENESSCONSUMERSCOST EFFECTIVENESSCOTTONCOTTON MARKETINGCOTTON PRICECOTTON PRICESCOTTON SECTORCROPCROPLANDCROPSCULTIVATED LANDDAIRY PRODUCTSDEPOSITDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIRECT PAYMENTSDOMESTIC MARKETDOMESTIC PRICEDOMESTIC PRICESDUMPINGECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC HISTORYEGGSEXCHANGE RATEEXPENDITURESEXPORT MARKETINGFAOFARMFARM INCOMEFARMERFARMERSFARMSFERTILIZERFERTILIZER SUBSIDIESFERTILIZER SUBSIDYFERTILIZER USEFERTILIZERSFIELD CROPSFLOOR PRICEFLOURFOOD CROPSFOOD IMPORTSFOOD PRICEFOOD PRICESFOOD PRODUCTSFOOD SECURITYFOREIGN EXCHANGEFOREIGN TRADEFRAUDFRUITSGARLICGDPGOVERNMENT BUDGETGOVERNMENT EXPENDITURESGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONSGRAINGROWTH POTENTIALGROWTH RATEGROWTH RATESIFPRIINCENTIVE STRUCTUREINCOMEINCOME GENERATIONINPUT PRICESINSURANCEIRRIJUTELABOR FORCELABOR PRODUCTIVITYLDCSLEATHERLETTER OF CREDITLOW TARIFFMAIZEMANUFACTURING INDUSTRYMARKET STRUCTUREMARKETINGMEALMEATMERCHANDISEMERCHANDISE EXPORTSMERCHANDISE IMPORTSMOLASSESMONOPOLIESMONOPOLISTIC BEHAVIORNATIONAL INCOMEOILSEEDSONIONSOPEN MARKETSOPPORTUNITY COSTSOPTION CONTRACTSOUTPUTSPADDYPALM OILPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOTATOESPOULTRYPOULTRY INDUSTRYPRICE BANDPRICE BANDSPRICE CEILINGPRICE CEILINGSPRICE COMPARISONPRICE COMPARISONSPRICE DISTORTIONSPRICE FLOORPRICE INCREASESPRICE LEVELPRICE POLICIESPRICE POLICYPRICE RISKPRICE STABILIZATIONPRICE VOLATILITYPRICING MECHANISMPRICING POLICIESPRICING POLICYPRODUCEPRODUCERS PRICESPRODUCT MARKETSPRODUCTION ACTIVITIESPRODUCTION COSTSPULSESRICE PRODUCTIONRISK MANAGEMENTSALESALESSEDIMENTATIONSEEDSEED COTTONSEEDSSMALL FARMERSMALL FARMERSSMALL PRODUCERSSOYBEANSOYBEAN OILSPICESSPOT PRICESTOCKSSUBSTITUTIONSUGARSUGAR CANESUGARCANETAXTAX SYSTEMTAXATIONTEATOBACCOTRADE BARRIERSTRADE DIVERSIONTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE POLICIESTRADE POLICYURUGUAY ROUNDVALUE ADDEDVEGETABLE OILSVEGETABLESVOLATILITYWATER STORAGEWHEATWHEAT FLOURWHOLESALE PRICEWHOLESALERWHOLESALERSWITHHOLDING TAXWITHHOLDING TAXESWORLD MARKETSWORLD TRADEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOYIELDS10.1596/17865