Pakistan is an agrarian economy with an 18.5%share of agriculture in total GDP of the country.There is an excellent potential for the growth of the agricultural sector in Pakistan,but the performance of this sector is far below its potential level due to various factors.It has been observed that the farmers are abandoning the agricultural lands in Pakistan.Although at the initial stage the magnitude of land abandonment is not so large,the prospects of ALA do not look promising.Moreover,there is ... 

【文章來源】：華中農(nóng)業(yè)大學(xué)湖北省 211工程院校 教育部直屬院校

【文章頁數(shù)】：124 頁

【學(xué)位級(jí)別】：博士

【文章目錄】：
Abstract
1 INTRODUCTION
    1.1 Background of the Study
    1.2 Role of Agriculture in Pakistan’s Economy
    1.3 Objectives of the Study
    1.4 Importance of the Study
    1.5 Scope and Limitations of the Study
    1.6 Organization of the Dissertation
2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE
    2.1 The Concept of LUC and ALA
    2.2 Causes of LUC and ALA
    2.3 Implications of LUC and ALA
        2.3.1 Positive Implications of LUC and ALA
        2.3.2 Negative Implications of LUC and ALA
    2.4 Management Strategies for LUC and ALA
    2.5 Literature Gap
3 MATERIALS AND METHODS
    3.1 Definition and of Key Concepts
        3.1.1 Agricultural Land Abandonment(ALA)
        3.1.2 Land Use Changes(LUC)
    3.2 Study Area
    3.3 Data Collection
        3.3.1 Secondary Data
        3.3.2 Primary or Social Survey Data
        3.3.3 Screening of data
        3.3.4 Ethical Considerations
    3.4 Analytical Approaches
        3.4.1 Statistical and Econometric Analysis
        3.4.2 Statistical Criteria
        3.4.3 Testing the Behavior of Data
        3.4.4 Testing the Heteroscedasticity
        3.4.5 Testing the Multicollinearity
        3.4.6 Forecasting Total Labor Force Employed in Agriculture
        3.4.7 Logistic Regression Model
4 Descriptive Analysis on the Characteristics of Respondents
    4.1 Demographic& Socioeconomic Characteristics of the Respondents in the Study Area
        4.1.1 Age of Respondents
        4.1.2 Education of Respondents
        4.1.3 Family Size of Respondents
        4.1.4 Farm Size of Respondents
        4.1.5 Farming Experience of Respondents
        4.1.6 Quality of Ground Water
        4.1.7 Soil Characteristics
        4.1.8 Income Distribution in Respondents
        4.1.9 Basic living facilities for respondents
    4.2 Summary of Socioeconomic Characteristics of Respondents
5 Perspectives of Land Use Change and Agricultural Land Abandonment
    5.1 Introduction
    5.2 Analytical Procedure
    5.3 The Perspectives of Land Use Change and Agriculture Abandonment in Study Area
        5.3.1 Possession of Land
        5.3.2 Land Purchased
        5.3.3 Land Sold
    5.4 The Evidence of Land Use Change and Agriculture Abandonment in Study Area
        5.4.1 Farmers’Perceptions about Landscape change and agricultural land abandonment
        5.4.2 The Evidence of LUC and ALA from Historical Records
        5.4.3 Abandoning the Agriculture Profession
    5.5 Forecasting Total Labor Force Employed in Agriculture
        5.5.1 Why to Forecast the Total Labor Force Employed in Agriculture?
        5.5.2 Identification of the ARIMA Model
        5.5.3 Estimation of the ARIMA Model
        5.5.4 Diagnostic Checking
        5.5.5 Forecasting Pakistan’s Labor Force Employed in Agriculture Sector
        5.5.6 Forecasting the Sindh’s Total Labor Force Employed in Agriculture
    5.6 Chapter Conclusions
6 Determinants of Land Use Change and Agricultural Land Abandonment
    6.1 Introduction
    6.2 Analytical Procedure
        6.2.1 Farmers’Perceptions
        6.2.2 The Impact of Various Factors on Farmers’Decisions Regarding ALA
    6.3 Farmers’Perceptions of the Drivers of Land Use Change and Agricultural Land Abandonment
        6.3.1 Socio-economic factors
        6.3.2 Ecological factors
        6.3.3 Political Factors
    6.4 The Impact of Socioeconomic Characteristics of Farmers’on Decisions of Selling the Agricultural Land
        6.4.1 Results of Heteroscedasticity Test
        6.4.2 Results of Multicollinearity test
        6.4.3 Results of the Logistic Regression Model
    6.5 Prospects for Future Agricultural Land
    6.6 Chapter Conclusions
7 Implications of Land Use Change and Agricultural Land Abandonment in the Study Area
    7.1 Introduction
    7.2 Analytical Procedure
    7.3 Farmers’Perceptions of the Implications of LUC and ALA
        7.3.1 Socio-economic Effects
        7.3.2 Ecological or Environmental Effects
    7.4 Chapter Conclusions
8 Summary,Conclusion and Policy Recommendations
    8.1 Summary and Conclusions
    8.2 Policy Recommendations
REFERENCES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


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