Author(s):
1. Muhammad Sharif:
Social Sciences Division (SSD), Pakistan Agriculture Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan
2. Abdul Jabbar:
International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
3. Muhammad Azam Niazi:
Social Sciences Division (SSD), Pakistan Agriculture Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan
Abstract:
The relationship between fertilizer use and wheat productivity was studied at Social Science Division, Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC), Islamabad using secondary data on fertilizer of-take and wheat productivity in Pakistan during 1991- 2018. Two prominent production dips of 2012 and 2018 shown that there was a decline of 1741 and 1598 thousand tons of wheat, respectively due to low use of fertilize. The fertilizer use for wheat crop decreased from 239 kg/ ha in 2009-10 to 199 kg/ha in 2017-18. The prices of urea fertilizer increased by 336 percent from Rs. 394 per 50 kg in 2001-02 to Rs. 1718 per 50 kg in 2018-19. Economic analysis of fertilizer use revealed that the amount of wheat required to buy one ton (nutrient) of N fertilizer lfuctuated from 1.29 to 2.90 tons during 2002-18. The reason for decline in wheat productivity was mainly attributed to less use of fertilizer due to soaring prices. Concerted eforts could be used to improve the parity ratio between market prices of wheat and fertilizers by lowering the prices of fertilizers.
Page(s):
201-207
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume: 58, Issue: 3, Year: 2020
Keywords:
Pakistan
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wheat
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Production
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Economics
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Fertilizers
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