Abstract
Pakistan and India are the two major producers of the cotton, the most demanding crop of the world which is known as white gold. However, for some recent years, it deems that Pakistan’s share in the international textile market dwindles compared to India. Thereby, the study will investigate whether the productivity of the crop per hectare is the reason or area of the crop, in the countries which lead to a higher share of India in the international market. In addition, which country has a comparative advantage in terms of cotton yield kg per hectare, particularly due to technological advancement in India and Pakistan’s agriculture sector? And this study also examines which country has exploited natural and technological inputs most. The time-series data from 1954 to 2017 have been used in this study, the results of the study are drawn using two-stage analysis. At first, we get total factor productivity (TFPCc) for both the countries using Tornqvist–Theil Index: total factor productivity input–output method. Then, the obtained variable has been employed as a regress and variable on farm and non-farm regressors. The ARDL: autoregressive distribution lag regression model has been applied on [area of cotton, fertilizer consumption kg/ha, high yield varieties (HYV) seeds, electricity consumption in agriculture sector, agriculture labor force, and irrigation by canal water and tube well water, besides tractors] to find the technological advancement impact on the TFPC of cotton. The results explore that overall improvement in farm inputs has a more stable impact on the productivity of cotton in Pakistan, whereas HYV seeds, mechanization, and area are the real reason for the growth in India.
Highlights
Cotton is a major fiber cash crop of Pakistan and India after food crops, wheat, and sugarcane
TFPCc is stationary at a level for both countries; AC, Irc, and irtw are stationary at first difference for both Pakistan and India
Tractor is stationary at a level in two of the countries, whereas high yield varieties (HYV) seeds, fertilizer consumption kg per hectare, are stationary at their first difference, expenditure on education, electricity consumption in the agriculture sector, besides labor force are stationary at first order, in Pakistan and India
Summary
Cotton is a major fiber cash crop of Pakistan and India after food crops, wheat, and sugarcane. The most notable point is that in the international market, India is trailing to the United States of America, whereas Pakistan instead to export, importing the cotton due to decrease in its area under the crop There is no denying the fact that Pakistan and India are the two major producers of cotton in South Asia. Physiography, and even having lower yield kg per hectare in India, the country has become an eminent player of the raw cotton, yarn, lint, and in, textile (readymade apparel industry) in the world. The crop occupies (7.86) million ha area of Pakistan, and (9.88) million hectares area of India is under the cultivation of cotton
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