A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF COST OF PRODUCTION AND DECISION MAKING ANALYSIS IN CASE OF ONION AND SUNFLOWER CROPS IN QUETTA DISTRICT
The agricultural economy of Pakistan is facing seve re challenges due to the rapidly growing demand for water resources. Efficient water management is becoming the single most important regional and global resource management challenge, which not only increases the availability of water for ag riculture but also saves it for other uses. In Balo chistan, the situation is worse; the farmers of tube well irrigated agriculture are paying only Rs.4000 per month as electricity tariff which discourages farmers to use more water. This study aims how by transforming the existing cropping pattern, we can ensure th e efficient use of available water resources. Onion and other high del ta corps are growing in the tube well irrigated are as extensively; on the other hand farmers can grow low delta crops like sunflower successfully. According to the study results the benefit cost ratio of sunflower (1.99:1) is higher than that of the onion crop (1.43:1) The results of expected value appro ach model revealed that growing sunflower with an expected value of Rs. 8,5 66 per acre and low water requirement is a recommended decision as compared with the onion's, for which expected value is Rs.7,502 acre, with high water requirements.