Research Article
Impact of Ridge-Furrow Planting in Pakistan: Empirical Evidence from the Farmers Field
Table 5
Details regarding cost of production and cost benefit analysis of ridge planting and farmer practice in USD per hectare.
| Input (USD ha−1) | Ridge planting | Farmer practice | Ridge-FP |
| Land preparation cost | 105.61 | 103.74 | 1.87 | Seed cost | 61.68 | 56.07 | 5.61 | Planting cost | 23.36 | 12.85 | 10.51 | Fertilizer cost | 239.25 | 240.11 | −0.86 | Weedicide cost | 16.79 | 18.97 | −2.18 | Irrigation cost | 21.03 | 26.28 | −5.25 | Harvesting cost | 83.71 | 72.54 | 11.17 | Production cost—total | 551.44 | 530.57 | 20.87 | Wheat yield (kg/ha) | 34.11 | 30.37 | 3.74 | Wheat price (USD/kg) | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.00 | Gross revenue wheat | 1108.64 | 987.15 | 121.50 | Net revenue (profit) | 557.21 | 456.58 | 100.63 | Cost benefit ratio | 2.01 | 1.86 | |
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Note. One USD (United States dollar) is equal to 107 PKR (Pakistani rupees).
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