Influence of Participation in Agricultural Support Services on Income from Agriculture: Results from the Multiple Regression Model (A Case From Rural Northwest Pakistan)

The government of Pakistan, like those of other developing countries, is making efforts to provide different support services to the farmers. To increase production per unit area is important element of policy for agricultural development. To contribute to the sectoral goal of production maximization, the farmers must participate in different support services. This study exemplify rural northwest Pakistan, however the findings can principally be transferred to any agrarian economy in the developing countries. The effects of farmers participation in different support services on net income from agriculture was determined by using linear regression model. The results of the model show that participation in agricultural support services has significant influence on income from agriculture. The study concludes that for development of agriculture at the macro level, it is essential that provision of support services to the farmers should be given due importance in policy formulation so that they could properly benefit from them to increase their farm production and income level