Comparative Economic Analysis of Laser Land Leveling and Conventional Land Leveling on Wheat Crop in Sindh, Pakistan

Abstract

Present study was designed to compare of laser land leveling technology with conventional land leveling method on wheat crop. Compared with conventional method overall cost of wheat by laser leveling technology was high, due to highest land leveling cost. Overall high yield was obtained 45mds/acre by using laser leveling technology compared with conventional method of sowing as 38mds/acre. Due to uniform irrigation and fertilizer application with laser leveling technology total revenue of wheat production was received by the laser leveling technology growers Rs. 46260Rs/acre and conventional grower’s 39178Rs/acre. Study results further indicate that by using laser leveling technology wheat growers obtained higher gross margin 23250 Rs/acre, as compared to conventional growers 17576 Rs/acre. About 21 percent of irrigation was saved by the adoption of laser leveling technology, to survive in water shortage problem and utilize this saved water to increase operational holding.