DETERMINANTS OF MARKETED SURPLUS - A CASE OF SEED COTTON GROWERS IN DISTRICT KHANEWAL

Abstract

A study was conducted at the Institute of Business Management Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan during the year 2010 to examine impact of major factors affecting marketed surplus of seed cotton in district Khanewal. For this purpose primary source of data was used. A representative sample of 40 cotton farmers was selected using stratified random sampling technique. In this study double log form of regression analysis was employed. The results revealed that value of adjusted R2 was 0.64 whereas F-value was 10.81. The variables of farming experience (0.511), education (0.743), area under cotton cultivation (0.318) and distance of farm from wholesale market (0.306) significantly affected marketed surplus of seed cotton whereas marketing cost (0.012) and sale price of seed cotton (0.092) were insignificant variables. The study suggested to improve prevalent marketing practices and control prices of marketing services to increase volume of marketed surplus of cotton in district Khanewal.