Research Article
Impact of Ridge-Furrow Planting in Pakistan: Empirical Evidence from the Farmers Field
Table 2
District-wise comparative analysis of grain yield (kg/ha) from farmer practice and ridge planting of wheat in Pakistan.
| | District | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | | Farmer practice | Ridge planting | Farmer practice | Ridge planting |
| | Badin | 3200 | 3550 | — | — | | Bahawalpur | 4023 | 4617 | 3908 | 4547 | | Bhakkar | 2950 | 3263 | 3223 | 3257 | | DI Khan | 3378 | 3878 | 3756 | 4481 | | Hyderabad | 4117 | 4567 | 4300 | 4700 | | Khushab | 2455 | 2677 | 2725 | 2929 | | Lodhran | 3906 | 4589 | 4648 | 5436 | | Matiari | 4633 | 5553 | 3867 | 4533 | | Mianwali | 2549 | 2855 | 3856 | 4007 | | Nowshera | 2993 | 3077 | — | — | | Sanghar | 3383 | 3677 | — | — | | Shaheed Benezirabad | 4400 | 4970 | 3840 | 4560 | | Sahiwal | — | — | 4150 | 4200 | | TM Khan | — | — | 3050 | 3550 | | Thatta | — | — | 3100 | 3800 | | Umerkot | — | — | 3683 | 4194 | | Vehari | — | — | 3715 | 3850 | | Average | 3499 | 3939 | 3702 | 4146 | | RP-FP (kg/ha) | 440 | 444 | | Significance | | |
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Note. The results are significant at 1 and 5% levels, respectively. |
