Do Environmental Degradation and Agricultural Accessories Impact on Agricultural Crops and Land Revenue? Evidence from Pakistan
Do Environmental Degradation and Agricultural Accessories Impact on Agricultural Crops and Land Revenue? Evidence from Pakistan
Naveed Wahid Awan1, Asif Ali Abro2* and Ahmed Raza ul Mustafa3
ABSTRACT
The current study is subject to examine whether the climatic changes have any impact on the production of wheat, sugarcane, and land revenue which is a source of earning for the farmer. The data of crop production, land revenue, and indicators of environmental and agricultural accessories were obtained from statistical year books at the national and provincial level, Metrological Department of Pakistan from 1993 to 2019. Panel data approach is applied to analyze the data for each province of Pakistan. The results are presented through rank and regression analysis. The rank analysis was done based on crop production, the area cultivated, yield, use of fertilizer, number of tube-wells and their respective prices. It was observed that Punjab province holds tops position with respect to the factors analyzed in the study. In regression analysis, the climatic index was found negative and significant, whereas agricultural accessories are positive and have a significant relationship with dependent variables. This study recommends to rationalize the use of fertilizer and energy consumption that negatively affect the environment, whereas, the use of tube-wells and provision of credit to farmers impact positively in the production of major crops and land revenue in Pakistan.
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