Table 1: Sugar production in various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Sugarcane commercial farmer of the region is mainly concerned about securing good margin between the cost of production and the earnings from his crop. Thus, to validate the continuance a farmer should earn net profits that are above the total cost of production. It is on this bases that the study is of critical importance for the farmers to know their production cost. However, it is important to note that the cost of production and earnings from sugarcane differ from one region to another and among different categories of farmers.
The current study was undertaken to achieve the underlined specific objectives:
  1. To establish the cost and revenue gain in sugarcane cultivation.
  2. To establish the resource use efficiency in sugarcane production.
  3. To examine the constraints faced by Farmers and the appropriate suggestion to overcome, these constraints and improve their earnings.