Adoption and economic impact of improved wheat varieties in rainfed pothwar, Punjab, Pakistan

The process of informal seed production and distribution was started recently only two years ago in the study area. As wheat is the most important crop grown in rain fed pothwar area of Punjab Province, so adoption of improved technology has significant affect on the livelihood of the farmers. In the present study, paired t-test methodology has been used for varietals analysis, as two years areas and yield comparison has been carried out. The results are highly significant for the wheat variety Bhakar-2002. The results are also significant for area of Wafaq variety. The farmers are replacing Inqlab-91 by these varieties. The costs of producing improved variety seeds per kg are significantly lower as well as the returns to investment are almost doubled than that of conventionally used varieties. On the basis of results, the adoptions of improved varieties are highly recommended and have significant positive impact on the farmers of studied area.