声明
摘要
Abstract
CONTENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER 1-INTRODUCTION
1．1 Introduction
1．2 Concept and definition of food security
1．3 Situation of food security in Pakistan
1．4 Agricultural land use and its administration
1．5 Land use and food security nexus
1．6 Research objectives
1．7 Research methodology
1．8 Importance of research problem
1．9 Organization of the thesis
CHAPTER 2-LITERATURE REVIEW
2．1 Introduction
2．2 Factors affecting food security
2．3 Agricultural land use and output
2．4 Food security and entitlement
2．5 Chronic hurdles for food self-sufficiency
2．5．1 Concentrated land distribution
2．5．2 Enforcement of land tenure system
2．5．3 System of land title and registration
2．5．4 Measures to promote efficient land use
2．6 Food security and land use in Pakistan
2．7 Synthesis of literature review
CHAPTER 3-FOOD SECURITY IN PAKISTAN
3．1 Introduction
3．2 Food security situation in Pakistan
3．3 Food availability
3．4 Access to food
3．5 Food absorption
3．6 Causes of food insecurity
3．6．1 Poverty
3．6．2 Health
3．6．3 Water and environment
3．6．4 Gender equality
3．6．5 Disasters and conflicts
3．6．6 Increasing population and urbanization
3．6．7 Trade
3．6．8 Education
CHAPTER 4-AGRICULTURAL LAND USE IN PAKISTAN
4．1 Introduction
4．2．1 Canal，rainfall and ground water
4．2．2 Threats to irrigation water resources
4．3 Resources of arable land
4．4 Land administration system in Pakistan
4．4．1 Traditional system of land administration
4．4．2 Digitization of land records
4．5 Agricultural land reforms
4．5．1 Rationale for land reforms in Pakistan
4．5．2 Attempts at land reforms and their failure
4．6 Factors affecting agricultural land use
4．6．1 Physical factors
4．6．2 Economic factors
4．6．3 SocietaI factors
4．7 Review of change in agricultural land use
4．8 Inter-relationship of land use and food security
CHAPTER 5-SEM ANALYSIS，RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
5．1 Introduction
5．2 Theoretical description of SEM
5．2．1 Application of SEM
5．2．2 Terminologies used in SEM
5．3 Conceptual description of SEM
5．3．1 Path analysis
5．3．2 Factor Analysis
5．4 AMOS as SEM computer program
5．5 Sampling design and data
5．6 Description of the measurement model
5．7 Rationale for using SEM in current study
5．8 Results and Discussions
5．8．1 Validity of measurement model
5．8．2 Assessing the measurement model
5．8．3 Interrelation between all observed variables
CHAPTER 6-DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS，RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
6．1 Introduction
6．2 Questionnaire development
6．3 Sampling design and data collection
6．4 Household socio-economic information module
6．4．1 Labor burden Coefficient
6．4．2 Average labor time on farm
6．4．3 Average labor time off farm
6．4．4 Labor burden coefficient and level of living
6．4．5 Response on the quality of drinking water
6．5 Agricultural farm productivity module
6．5．1 Agricultural crop insurance
6．5．2 Disaster or major crop／house damage
6．6 Farm machinery and livestock module
6．7 Land use and investment module
6．7．1 Investment on farm land
6．7．2 Agriculture land depute
6．8 Food security related module
6．8．1 Meat and milk consumption of household
6．8．2 Experience of food shortage of rural community
6．8．3 Reasons for insufficnt food intake
6．8．4 Coping strategies againsffood shortage
6．9 Conclusions of descriptive analysis
CHAPTER 7-SUMMARY，CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
7．1 Introduction
7．2 Restatement of aims and objectives
7．3 Summary of research methodology
7．4 Conclusions of the study
7．5 Policy recommendations
7．6 Strengths and limitations of this study
7．7 Suggestions for future research
LITERATURE CITED
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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