Abstract
Agriculture is one of the main sources of economic sustainability across major
developed countries in the world. It is in view of these, that this study seeks to
investigate the perceived comparative advantage of organic and conventional farming
systems in recent times. This study aimed at comparing the inputs and outputs of
organic and conventional farming systems in Punjab province in Pakistan. In terms of
farm inputs, the study revealed that organic crop farmers experienced higher mean
expenses on irrigation and labor force with 12% and 7% difference respectively while
on fertilizers and pesticides, the conventional farmers’ mean expenses were
significantly higher. In terms of farm outputs, the study also revealed that the
conventional farmers yield was higher than that of the organic farmers by 11%.
Irrespective of the findings, it was realized that people preferred to consume organic
crops based on the quality of the crops prompted using natural manure unlike the
conventional crops where the fertilizers are more of chemicals.
Waqas Aslam, Rana Shahzad Noor, Hong Chen, Saif Ullah. (2020) Comparative economic analysis of crop yield under organic and conventional farming systems in Punjab, Pakistan, Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology, Volume 8, Issue 2.
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