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- Title
Yield Maximization of Chickpea through Bio-Fertilizer Application in Cholistan (Bahawalpur): An Economic Investigation.
- Authors
Nadeem, Nasir; Ali, Asghar; Hussain, Mehran; Ahmad, Maqshoof
- Abstract
Chickpea as being alternate of cereal is considered an important pulse crop. Bio fertilizer can increase yield of chickpea through nodulation & enabled it to resist with the periods of drought. The present study was conducted in district Bahawalpur to analyze the economic comparison of experimental (N=10) treatment and control (N=40) for same types on field surveys. The primary data were collected during rabbi season 2016-17 through a well-structured and comprehensive questionnaire. The Logit regression analysis was employed to check the dependence of bio fertilizers for the growth promotion of chickpea. The results indicated that more access to education, wealthy and young farmers may likely increases the adoption rate of bio fertilizer. The results of economic analysis described that the gross margins & revenue of chickpea was significantly higher in case of bio fertilizer users as per one acre production of chickpea. Hence effective policy to use of bio fertilizer should be made to encourage more farming community.
- Subjects
CHICKPEA; BIOFERTILIZERS; ECONOMIC research
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS), 2021, Vol 41, Issue 1, p175
- ISSN
2074-2061
- Publication type
Article