Economic Analysis of Wheat Production in District Layyah Punjab, Pakistan

Abstract

Wheat is a very basic ingredient of our food and a major source of human food all over the world. It is consumed in different forms, such as it is a major cash crop in Pakistan and occupies 70 percent of the Rabi crop and 37 percent of the total cropped area in Pakistan. The public authority, with the discussion of provincial state-run administrations, had fixed the wheat production focus at 28.89 million tonnes for 2021-22, compared to last year's development of 27.5 million tons. District Layyah has 736,000 tonnes of wheat production between 2019 and 2020. The major challenge for farmers in the Layyah district is changes in climatic conditions, Poor economic and literacy levels of farmers, shortages of irrigation water, and shortages of certified seeds. These adverse conditions have a great impact on wheat production. The objectives of this study are to identify socio-economic issues and the significance mean difference of wheat in the Layyah district. For that purpose, primary data collected from different tehsils (Layyah, Choubara, Karor-Lal-Esan) of district Layyah. Data collected through the personal interview method and a structured questionnaire for the collection of information from 200 farmers.