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标题：Impact of Education and Certified Seeds on Wheat Production in Kohat, Pakistan
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作者：Arif Ullah ; Syed Noor Muhammad Shah ; Zheng Shaofeng 等
期刊名称：Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology
电子版ISSN：2320-7027
出版年度：2014
卷号：4
期号：1
页码：42-48
DOI：10.9734/AJAEES/2015/13256
出版社：Sciencedomain International
摘要：The study was conducted to investigate the impact of education and certified seed on wheat production in district Kohat, Pakistan. For the purpose, proportional allocation sampling technique was used and total of 100 respondents randomly selected to get necessary information. Simple budgeting technique was used for cost and return of wheat production. The econometric technique, Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) OLS estimation model was used to analyze contribution of major factors in the wheat yield. The sign of explanatory variables were found according to our prior expectation of the economic theory. The estimated results of production function indicated that farm yard manure(FYM), total fertilizer nutrient applied and labor days had positive and significantly effect on wheat yield, seed rate had positive but insignificant effect on wheat yield. The impact of both Dummy variables i.e. education and certified seed was positive and significantly affect wheat yield. Finally, it was suggested that there is the need for strengthening agricultural extension services in the study area in order to educate the farming community to ensure the use of recommended certified seed and modern agriculture technology for getting high yield of wheat crop.
关键词：Education; fertilizers; production function; wheat; yield.