The Impact of Own-crop prices on its Yield: an Empirical study on sorghum crop in White Nile State–Sudan (1970-2019 (
The Impact of Own_crop priceon its Yield an Empirical study on sorghum crop in White NileState
Keywords:
: price of production, cost of production, sorghum crop, yield, agricultural sectorAbstract
The study aimed to Analyze and measure the own-price impact of sorghum crop on its yield in the state of White Nile-Sudan (1970-2019) ,collected the study data for study variables were as follows: yield, price and costs, from the annual reports of the Federal and state Ministries of Agriculture, the State Ministry of Finance and the Agricultural Bank for the three sectors on sorghum crop cultivation; irrigated, mechanized rain-fed and traditional rain-fed. Data were analyzed using multiple regression analysis, one-way variance analysis, and correlation analysis. The study concluded that yield was affected by both the price and costs in the three sectors. The study also recommended for increasing efforts of the state government to set incentive focus prices for crop production in order to increase yield and activate the policy or supporting input prices so that producers and consumers are not harmed.
