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Farming technologies and food yields in Pakistan

This study revealed that the usage of digital Methodology: Agha Amad Nabi, Muhammad Khalid
technology and precision agriculture can enhance crop Anser, Khalid Zaman
yields. However, the positive relationship between Formal analysis: All authors
emissions and productivity highlights the serious Writing–original draft: Agha Amad Nabi
environmental impacts arising from agricultural Writing–review & editing: All authors
activities that must be controlled. Furthermore, our
results suggested that value-added agriculture may have Availability of data
uneven effects on crop yields in the short and long terms.
Future research should incorporate AgriTech solutions The data are freely available from the World
with improved environmental monitoring systems to Development Indicators published by the World Bank
reduce emissions. Further studies on Pakistan’s policy (2023) at https://databank.worldbank.org/source/
frameworks that encourage sustainable agriculture world-development-indicators and CCKP (2023) at
without compromising food security are also warranted. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/country/
The utilization of only secondary data, devoid of the pakistan (accessed on January 15, 2025).
comprehensive cereal crop production characteristics,
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