This study uses farm level data to analyse the determinants of adoption of recommended wheat varieties in irrigated Punjab, Pakistan. A notable proportion of wheat acreage is sown to non-recommended wheat varieties in the province. (...) Farm size, education, and size of wheat enterprise on the...

This study presents the results from a field survey of the wheat growers in the rice-wheat zone of Punjab. At present, more than eighty thousand hectares of wheat are sown with zero-tillage drill technology. The results of multiple regression analysis confirmed that the zero-tillage technology...

The crop protection strategy in Pakistan is almost entirely based on pesticide use. The inefficient use of chemicals has resulted in environmental pollution and sub-optimal returns to the society on the costly investments. This study estimates the social cost of pesticide use and suggests...

The results of this study indicate that both wheat productivity and technical efficiency measures are positively related to farm size. This result is in contrast to the previous work using data from developing countries. Wheat yield is negatively associated with the area under rice crop,...

Agricultural credit plays an important role in enhancing the agricultural productivity in developing countries like Pakistan. The study discusses various indicators of agricultural credit in Pakistan and presents results of estimated production function using institutional credit as one of the...