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Land and Water Productivity in Pothwar Plateau
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2 ABSTRACT : The study was conducted to estimate the land and water productivity in marginal areas of Punjab. Nine tehsils of Pothwar Plateau were selected as study area. Data were collected during 2002-03 and it was found that in rainfed agriculture, wheat yield was 1451 kg per hectare with gross margins of Rs. 4607 per hectare. Groundnut yield was 864 kg per hectare with gross margin of Rs. 11149 per hectare. The overall gross margins were Rs. 6956 per hectare. In irrigated agriculture, wheat yield was 3084 kg per hectare with gross margin of Rs.15414 per hectare. Groundnut yield was 1402 kg per hectare with gross margin of Rs.17831 per hectare. The overall gross margin in irrigated agriculture was Rs. 8368 per hectare. The value of water was Rs.13.42/m 3 , Rs.18.60/m 3 , Rs.12.24/m 3
... Net return: Formula proposed by Debertin, 2003 was employed to calculate net returns. The method was also tried by various researchers such as Ahmad et al. (2003 and, Hussain et al. (2004) and Ali (2012) in similar research studies. The equation for calculating net returns is provided as follow: ...
Sugarcane is the main and industrial crop of Pakistan and a source of direct and indirect employment in the country. Current study was designed to explore net return and resource use efficiency in sugarcane production in district D.I. Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. To realize the objectives of the study, primary data was collected from 76 sugarcane growers through a well-designed interview schedule. Debartin formula was used to calculate net return, while a Cobb-Douglas type production function (double log form) was employed to estimate sugarcane yield and its determinants in study area. The results revealed that per acre net return after subtracting total cost from gross revenue was Rs. 33,173.65/-. Results illustrate that labor days, seed quantity, tractor hours, urea and pesticides have positive significant effect on sugarcane yield. Resource use efficiency analysis shows that marginal value product (MVP) to marginal factor cost (MFC) ratios for labor days, irrigation, urea, FYM and pesticides are more than unity indicate underutilization of these resources which underlines scope of expansion in these resources. Study results illustrate that land, seed quantity, tractor hours and DAP are over utilized which need readjustment. Study recommends improvement in extension services to guide farmers on proper inputs utilization, low interest rate crop based loans and comprehensive policy of setting right price for output to increase net return and per unit yield.
In this study technical efficiency of sugarcane crop at province level was analyzed. A total of 299 sugarcane growers were interviewed in three main sugarcane growing districts (D.I. Khan, Malakand and Charsadda) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Through a structured questionnaire, key questions were asked to gather data with respect to inputs utilization and socio-economic characteristics of selected sample of sugarcane growers. Using Stochastic Frontier Approach (SFA), mean technical efficiency of sugarcane crop in KP was around 70 percent ranging from minimum 53 to maximum possible efficient level of 98 percent. Results of study indicate that on average with same technology and resource base, yield of sugarcane can be increased by about 28% in order to reach the efficient fellow growers of sugarcane crop. Around 48.49% of the selected growers were below the mean technical efficiency level. Results from efficiency analysis show that age and off-farm income are quite influential socio-economic factors that affect technical efficiency of sugarcane growers in the study area. On inputs side farm size, labor, seed rate, tractor hours, irrigation and urea were found statistically significant. Therefore, based on findings, it is recommended that in order to encourage growers to apply optimal amount of these inputs and avoid uncertainty in returns, an effective system need to be put in place where cost of production might be considered while fixing sugarcane price. Also, there is need to keep experienced farmers involved in sugarcane production, because of positive relationship between grower’s experience and technical efficiency.
Preface This volume portrays a comprehensive analysis of political-economy of water distribution in the trans-Himalayan region of Nepal. This study has been carried out within the PhD program-Agricultural Economics and Related Science‖ and supported by DAAD program. The underlying empirical works and methodological approaches, including a half-year field study in Nepal have been carried out from 2007 till 2011 leading to a PhD degree for the author in July 2011. This study pinpoints the major political and economic factors affecting the irrigation performance of the locally managed and glacier based irrigation system in the trans-Himalaya of Nepal. The proposed principal-agent bargaining model incorporates both political and economic factors of water distribution. The results of the study show that interest groups will be benefitted when they participate into principal-agent bargaining model by exchanging water and labour resources and this will lead to equity in the society. Implementation of the model requires only simple changes in tactics of water and labour exchange. It does not require a radical reform and government intervention, but save the society from inevitable market failure. The author seeks an opportunity of replicating this model in others trans-Himalayas, mountains and plain areas of Nepal where similar political and economic heterogeneities exist in the water-resource distribution system.
Preface This volume portrays a comprehensive analysis of political-economy of water distribution in the trans-Himalayan region of Nepal. This study has been carried out within the PhD program-Agricultural Economics and Related Science‖ and supported by DAAD program. The underlying empirical works and methodological approaches, including a half-year field study in Nepal have been carried out from 2007 till 2011 leading to a PhD degree for the author in July 2011. This study pinpoints the major political and economic factors affecting the irrigation performance of the locally managed and glacier based irrigation system in the trans-Himalaya of Nepal. The proposed principal-agent bargaining model incorporates both political and economic factors of water distribution. The results of the study show that interest groups will be benefitted when they participate into principal-agent bargaining model by exchanging water and labour resources and this will lead to equity in the society. Implementation of the model requires only simple changes in tactics of water and labour exchange. It does not require a radical reform and government intervention, but save the society from inevitable market failure. The author seeks an opportunity of replicating this model in others trans-Himalayas, mountains and plain areas of Nepal where similar political and economic heterogeneities exist in the water-resource distribution system.
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