Allocative efficiency and Profitability Analysis of High-tech Cotton- Melon Multiple Cropping System in Punjab, Pakistan. | [Sarhad Journal of Agriculture • 2017]

Author(s):

1. Hina Fatima: Fatima Jinnah women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

2. Lal Almas: West Texas A and M University, Canyon, TX, United States of America

3. Bushra Yasmin: Fatima Jinnah women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Abstract:

This study considered the cost eficiency analysis of cotton-melon cropping system under tunnels. hTe data were collected from 150 farmers; those were cultivating cotton-melon crops in combination under tunnels. The study area was Punjab, Pakistan. The stochastic cost frontier analysis was used to estimate the allocative eficiency of cotton-melon cropping systems eficiency. The result illustrates that none of the farmers to be optimally using their inputs. The average allocative eficiency was around 75%. Approximately 36 percent of farms allocative eficiency varies from 0.20 to 0.60. Around 60% of farms allocative eficiency ranges from 0.61 to above 0.90. The under and over-utilization of inputs such as land, seeds, fertilizers and pesticides reflect the general performance of the inputs in terms of their degree of changes in cotton-melon output to change inputs reflected by the allocative eficiency analysis. It is indispensable that policies aimed at adapting innovative farming techniques must be implemented in an eficient manner. effectively implementation of agricultural schemes, formal education and in-formal education should be realized. During and after conducting the agricultural research, it is needed to recommend the farmers about the rate of inputs application i.e. seed, pesticide spray and NPK that are best suited to the local weather patterns and cropping systems. Received December 01, 2016; Accepted February 13, 2017; Published March 07, 2017 *Correspondence Hina Fatima, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan; Emial: hinnafatima@gmail.com Citation Fatima, H., L. Almas and B. Yasmin. 2017. Allocative eficiency and profitability analysis of high-tech cotton-melon multiple cropping system in Punjab, Pakistan. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture. 33(1): 117-126. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17582/journal.sja/2017.33.1.117.126

Page(s): 117-126

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Year: 2017

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