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Unravelling Water Use Efficiency in Sugarcane and Cotton Production in Pakistan

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  • Abedullah Anjum

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad.)

  • Uzma Zia

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), Islamabad.)

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The present Policy Viewpoint explores water use efficiency between the two competing cash crops of the Kharif season, sugarcane and cotton. It is concluded that the sugarcane crop consumes about 3.5 times more water than the cotton crop. Moreover, one litre of water used in cotton production generates about 4 times higher monetary benefit at both the farm gate and at the processing stage. Sugarcane alone consumes about 42 percent of the total annual household water demand of Pakistan.

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  • Abedullah Anjum & Uzma Zia, 2020. "Unravelling Water Use Efficiency in Sugarcane and Cotton Production in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 59(2), pages 321-326.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:59:y:2020:i:2:p:321-326
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    1. Abedullah & Madeeha Gohar Qureshi & Omer Siddique & Uzma Zia, 2020. "The Sugar Industry Of Pakistan�Understanding Structural And Regulatory Underpinnings Of The Current Sugar Crisis," PIDE Knowledge Brief 2020:12, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.

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