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- Title
Does Rural Population have Mediating Role between Agriculture Credit and Livestock Production? Evidence from Livestock Sector of Pakistan.
- Authors
Akram, Muhammad; Alam, Hassan Mobeen; Iqbal, Zahid
- Abstract
The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of agriculture credit on livestock productionwith mediating role of rural population. Time series data from 1994 to 2016 was collected from Economic Survey of Pakistan. Various descriptive statistics techniques including mean, median, mode, maximum, minimum and standard deviation used to access the normality of data, whereas correlation and regression analysis have been appliedto examine the relationship and intensity of relationships among the dependent variable (Livestock production), independent variable (Agriculture Credit) with moderate variable (Rural Population). Results indicate that agriculture credit has a positive and significant impact on livestock production in the presence of rural population in the Pakistani context. This study has valuable significance for institutions dealing in agricultural credit and rural farmer who are associated with livestock business.
- Subjects
AGRICULTURAL credit; LIVESTOCK
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS), 2018, Vol 38, Issue 1, p220
- ISSN
2074-2061
- Publication type
Article