With and Without Intercropping Economic Evaluation of Mango Fruits: Evidence from Southern Punjab, Pakistan | [Sarhad Journal of Agriculture • 2020]

Author(s):

1. Muhammad Ramiz Murtaza: Education Department,Ali Pur, Punjab,Pakistan

2. Tahir Mehmood: Adaptive Research Zone Karor,Layyah, Punjab,Pakistan

3. Aziz Ahmad: Adaptive Research Zone Karor,Layyah, Punjab,Pakistan

4. Uzma Arshad Mughal: PMAS Arid Agriculture University,Rawalpindi, Punjab,Pakistan

Abstract:

| After Citrus, Mango is the second prevalent horticultural crop in Pakistan. Pakistan comes at 4th number in the production of mango and comes at 3rd number in the export of Mango. About 80 percent of Mango exports come from Punjab province. Muzafar Garh district stands at third position in producing good quality mangoes in Punjab followed by Multan and Rahim Yaar Khan. Present research was done to check the economics of mango production with and without intercropping and determined various factors that afect mango production in Muzafar Garh. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 110 mango growers from 4 union councils of tehsil Ali Pur. To scrutinize the data double log model was renovated from Cobb-Dougles production function. Results showed that Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) with and without intercropping was 1.72 and 2.48 respectively. Nearly 64 percent of the factors analyzed were effecting mango production and adjusted R2 was at 0.62. The whole goodness of fit model was enlightened by the high significance of F-value i.e., 26.5 where p<0.01. Mango plantations with intercropping were 76.6 percent lesser per acre yield as compared to without intercropping. Agri. extension workers should inform mango growers to give up intercropping in order to get a higher yield.

Page(s): 192-197

DOI: 10.17582/journal.sja/2020/36.1.192.197

Published: Journal: Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Year: 2020

Keywords:

BCR , intercropping , Cobbdouglas

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