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This paper uses the farm-level survey data to estimate the stochastic frontier production function incorporating inefficiency effects. Sufficient evidence of positive relationship between wheat productivity and higher and balanced use of fertiliser nutrients was present. The productivity showed...
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Punjab, Pakistan. A notable proportion of wheat acreage is sown to non-recommended wheat varieties in the province. These …
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in the South Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and India. For the efficiency analysis we used non parametric … eight MFIs from Pakistan, six MFIs from Bangladesh and five MFIs from India are at the efficient frontier under variable … returns to scale. The technical efficiency figures for Pakistan, Bangladesh and India are 0.395, 0.087, and 0.28, respectively …
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The objective of this paper are to study the sericulture production structure and the analysis of farm-level technical efficiency measures. The results show that most of the farmers involved in this enterprise are illiterate. This industry is further characterised by inappropraite rearing sheds,...
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Factors affecting the incidence of the cotton leaf curl virus (CLCV) in Punjab, Pakistan are investigated using a …
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Poverty has increased during the 90s overall as well as in rural and urban areas, after experiencing downward trends … during the 80s. Besides, the gap between rural and urban poverty has also widened. The recent estimates show that more than … one-third of our population lives in extreme poverty, and around 70% of these unfortunate people reside in rural areas …
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