TY  - JOUR
T1  - Support Price: A Growth Rate Model of Cotton Production in Pakistan
AU - Magsi, Habibullah 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
SP  - 21
EP  - 25
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2012.21.25
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2012.21.25
KW  - Cotton
KW  -Growth Rate Model
KW  -support price
KW  -target quantity
KW  -production
KW  -Pakistan
AB  - 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<SUP>-1</SUP> where area under cotton crop with respect to support prices increasing at the rate of 0.2% annum<SUP>-1</SUP>. Finally on the basis of results, the recommendation measures has been drawn to enhance cotton production in the country.
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