Abstract
Cotton growing community comprises, cotton growing farmers and cotton pickers mainly. Cotton growing farmers
(male) involved in preparation of agricultural land, sowing the cotton seed, irrigation of crops and marketing of
cotton crops. Whereas, cotton pickers (female) are involved in picking of cotton mainly. To assess the impact of
age, education and land holding on cotton growing community, this study was designed and conducted in 20
villages of district Multan selected by multistage random sampling technique. From the selected villages 220
cotton growers and 150 cotton pickers were selected by simple random sampling technique and interviewed
through a reliable and validated interview schedule. The data collected were processed through Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The results showed that 42% of cotton growers (male) with age 51 years
and above were at the top. Whereas, 39% of cotton pickers (female) were lying in the category with age up to 30
years. Education of respondents showed that almost 75% of cotton pickers were illiterate i.e. were not in a
position to read or write even their own names. Similarly when size of landholding of respondents was probed,
almost 96% of cotton growing respondents owned their agricultural lands whereas, almost 85% of cotton picker
women (chonies) possessed no agricultural land.
