PPP Special 08 - Institut für Entwicklungs- und Agrarökonomik
PPP Special 08 - Institut für Entwicklungs- und Agrarökonomik
PPP Special 08 - Institut für Entwicklungs- und Agrarökonomik
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Tables 4.13 and 4.14 below give details of the on-farm comparison. In<br />
general, input and output results were similar to the across-farm<br />
comparison.<br />
Table 4.13:<br />
Economics of cotton production, on-farm, pair wise<br />
comparison, non-irrigated, study area 2002<br />
Variable Non-Bt Cotton Bt cotton<br />
Mean<br />
Mean<br />
Pesticides 30.07 26.11<br />
Fertilizer 45.64 47.00<br />
Labour 113.48 112.17<br />
Seed 18.57* 74.59*<br />
Total Variable Costs 176.16* 221.53*<br />
Total Yield [kg/ha] 1092.90 1252.90<br />
Total Revenues 521.58 493.80<br />
Gross Margin 338.86 270.20<br />
*Means are statistically significant at 95%<br />
Source: Field Survey, 2002<br />
Table 4.14: Economics of cotton production, on-farm<br />
comparison, irrigated, study area 2002<br />
Variable Non-Bt Cotton Bt cotton<br />
Mean<br />
Mean<br />
Pesticides 54.43* 21.10*<br />
Fertilizer 45.90 51.49<br />
Labor 144.76 126.88<br />
Seed 19.59* 78.96*<br />
Irrigation 34.50 42.36<br />
Total Variable Costs 238.47 258.60<br />
Total Yield [kg/ha] 1556.10 1682.70<br />
Total Revenues 515.87* 677.91*<br />
Gross Margin 359.07 474.84<br />
*Means are statistically significant at 95%<br />
Source: Field Survey, 2002<br />
Results of the pair wise on-farm comparison show a similar trend as the<br />
across-farm comparison. Under rain-fed conditions, there were only<br />
marginal differences between Bt and non-Bt cotton production. The
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