The Demand for Inputs and the Supply of Output in Pakistan: Estimating a Fixed-Effects, Distributed-Lag Model for Wheat Farmers (Agricultural DEVELOPMENT‪)‬

INTRODUCTION Agricultural growth in Pakistan over the past 3 decades has been very impressive, averaging 3.3 percent annually over the period 1965-80, and accelerating to 413 percent per year over the period 1980-90, But as impressive as these numbers are, questions arise regarding the success of the agricultural sector in terms of meeting food and employment needs, the potential for continuing or increasing growth rates in the future, the likely sources of future agricultural growth, and the technologies, policies, and institutional arrangements necessary to achieve that growth.