Wasif Siddiqi

Role of Technology in Agriculture: Impact of Technological Change on Production in Agriculture Sector: a New Evidence from Pakistan Wasif Siddiqi

It is an understood fact that the technology is an important determinant of agricultural output, we need to quantify the relationship between the improved technology and agricultural output so that we may have a through insight on the incentives of using new methods and techniques in the sector. The study aims to analyze the role of mechanization in the agriculture sector. Empirical findings show that the number of tractors is the important determinant of agricultural output. Study further concludes that the improved seeds, water availability, number of tube wells and labor employed in agriculture sector are positively related to agricultural output. The data for these variables was obtained from Agriculture Statistics Of Pakistan Yearly Book and Pakistan Economic Survey. Johansen cointegration technique was applied on the data to obtain the results.