Impact of water crisis on food production in Pakistan: a time-series analysis

The food production process across the developing world is under huge pressure pertaining to mounting challenges like water shortage, low fertility of land, climatic variations, lack technological progress, and many other unforeseen challenges. This study explores impact crises on production. index was used for relationship measured in availability (million-acre feet). Other explanatory variables, remittances, fertilizer, number tractors, agricultural were as control factors period 1975 2017. autoregressive distributive lag (ARDL) model analyses. Water had significant negative effects Besides, that like, numbers tractors also a substantial positive impact. results indicate long-run between because error correction term negative. (shortage availability) decreases capacity land produce crop yields. In order meet demand, scarcity needed be addressed policies. Moreover, government should encourage small farmers particular by providing them fertilizers, high-efficiency irrigations systems machinery (i.e. tractors) at subsidized rates.