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Show 239 How significant a factor in his political demise of Ayub's regime to act in this area? is that it and probably did not have powerful cies the agricultural in pursued and from much the failure The answer that suggests itself effect. The support of the rich sector, who benefited from the poli the absence of thoroughgoing land reform, likely to be strang while the landless and were was the tenant farmers was probably increasingly resentful, particularly as they saw their relative share fall in the wake of the green revolution. In the East there never was a great deal of support for the regime and further land reform would have had little impact support or proposal see we first proposition, nite policy and out. • ,,112 • case to evaluate essence of the to it that that Our analysis promulgated tration were not problem seems wen put in his i.e., "t.ha t the government should lay down a defi see reforms Myrdal's capitalist agri that he correctly anticip3.ted difficulties The like mechanization, • their lack of it. In using the Pakistan culture on indicates that in West Pakistan effectively lnsti tuted when the drift to policy is really carried even the limited land Law Adminis by the Ayub Martial carried out, Nor 'were there safeguards capitalist agriculture took place. the early Conclusions--neglect agriculture at your peril i,e., neglect of the 19.50s was grOl'lth retarding. Improve agriculture in-::-a fashion which increases inequality and the longer term consequences and political stability. may be very costly both in terms of human misery Agriculture is very important and the Pakistan experience certainly bears this out, Though it is naive to think the answer to the |
