Figure 1-9 Rate of Marketable Wheat by Planted Area of Farming Household in Punjab
Note: The curve denotes estimated rates of marketable outputs obtained with the following conditions: annual wheat consumption per adult man: 165kgs; annual wheat consumption per household; 1,039kgs. Land productivity; 3,500kgs/ha; Average wheat-planted area (Rabi Period??): 80%. Therefore, marketable surplus is generated by an average farming household when the planted area is at least 0.38ha.
Source: Gov. of Punjab, Board of Economic Inquiry, Farm Account of Punjab 1988/89, & Family Budget of Punjab 1988/89.