caa a22 4500 467952736 CHVBK 20180323165703.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19871201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00189077 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00189077 (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00705127 Rahman Mushtaqur Dept. of Earth Sciences, Iowa State University, 50011, Ames, IA, USA aut Tractorization of agriculture in Pakistan [Elektronische Daten] [Mushtaqur Rahman] Perhaps, nothing else symbolizes modernization of agriculture more than the use of tractors in the developing countries. Pakistan is no exception in this regard, where tractors, its accompanying machines, tube-wells, and biological technology is seen as the only mechanism to salvage the precarious economy. In recent years, the pace of mechanization has increased, in spite of the fact that practioners and planners have widely divergent views on the merits of tractorization. This paper attempts to present the characteristics of Pakistan's agriculture from an adaptive view-point, suggesting critical elements that sustain its long-term viability. The role of cultural and genetic information is analyzed to explain the man-environment relationship. In the final section, role of tractors and their impact on agriculture is discussed. Tube-wells, other machines, fertilizers, and biological technology are not discussed in this paper. D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1987 GeoJournal Kluwer Academic Publishers 15/4(1987-12-01), 387-392 0343-2521 15:4<387 1987 15 10708 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00189077 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00189077 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Rahman Mushtaqur Dept. of Earth Sciences, Iowa State University, 50011, Ames, IA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- GeoJournal Kluwer Academic Publishers 15/4(1987-12-01), 387-392 0343-2521 15:4<387 1987 15 10708 NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00705127 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer