Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Multan Road, Vehari, Pakistan.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2019 Jun;26(18):18113-18123. doi: 10.1007/s11356-019-05109-x. Epub 2019 Apr 29.
Better cotton is introduced with the aim of a reduction in the use of environmentally detrimental farm inputs in order to attain sustainable cotton production. The present study is designed to assess the environmental and economic effects of better cotton in Pakistan using panel data comprising of two cropping seasons, 2015 and 2016. Panel methods were used in the present study. Findings show that better cotton increases the gross margin by 37% and yield by 9%, whereas it results in decreasing seed rate by 6%, fertilizers by 7%, pesticides by 7%, and irrigation by 14%. Since better cotton involves more labor use due to higher yield, labor increases by 3%. The study concludes that better cotton is more economically and environmentally sustainable than conventional cotton. The study suggests that public private partnership will be a good strategy to diffuse better cotton technologies among the farming communities.
为了实现可持续棉花生产，减少对环境有害的农业投入的使用，引入了更好的棉花。本研究旨在使用包括 2015 年和 2016 年两个种植季节的面板数据，评估巴基斯坦更好的棉花的环境和经济影响。本研究采用面板方法。研究结果表明，更好的棉花使毛利润增加 37%，产量增加 9%，而种子用量减少 6%，化肥减少 7%，农药减少 7%，灌溉减少 14%。由于更好的棉花由于产量更高，需要更多的劳动力，因此劳动力增加了 3%。研究得出的结论是，与传统棉花相比，更好的棉花在经济和环境方面更具可持续性。研究建议公私伙伴关系将是在农业社区中推广更好的棉花技术的良好策略。
