Authors : Habibullah Magsi
Abstract: Cotton is an important cash crop of Pakistan which serves as a mainstay in agriculture sector of the country. Each year government announces support price for the crop aimed to save cotton producers as well as to achieve the targeted quantity of the produce. The research shows that the average growth rate of area, production and yield under the crop was estimated 1.9, 5.2 and 3.2% since, 1979-80 to 2008-09. It further reviles that support price has positive effect on production of cotton crop with by increasing yield at the rate of 0.03% annum-1 where area under cotton crop with respect to support prices increasing at the rate of 0.2% annum-1. Finally on the basis of results, the recommendation measures has been drawn to enhance cotton production in the country.
Habibullah Magsi , 2012. Support Price: A Growth Rate Model of Cotton Production in Pakistan. Agricultural Journal, 7: 21-25.