| Author | Rawal, Muhammad Yousuf |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. 794 |
| Subject(s) | Urea as fertilizer
Fertilizer industry--Pakistan
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering of the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This study is an effort to understand the process of development and industrialization in Pakistan. Pakistan\' s main resources and income at present being mainly from agricultural sector agro-based industry plays a vital role in country\'s economic progress. Amongst the agro-based industries, fertilizer industry enjoys a strategic status, as fertilizer application is the key to increased productivity; the present objective of the country\' s agricultural policy. Thus the study centers around this field.
Present broad industrial and related policies of the Government and their impact on socio-politico, economic conditions of the country have been described. In particular, fertilizer industry, its development, present
state and future prospects, in detail have been analyzed and its role in the frame work of the Government policy discussed. And as a first and small step towards analytically describing the complex process of the
industrial system in a country, a model of urea plant, the worlds popular and an appropriate fertilizer for Pakistan, where natural gas, the ideal raw material for the same, found in abundance in the country, has been chosen in particular. |
| Year | 1974 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | Student Research Before 1980 |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Thesis (Year <=1979) |
| Chairperson(s) | Pakorn Adulbhan ;Hoelscher, H.E. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Sharif, M. N. ;Woo, Wai-Ling |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Switzerland |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1974 |
