بررسي مزيت نسبي توليد پنبه آبي در استان گلستان

Investigation of comparative advantage of the cotton production in Golestan province

Golestan province is one of the main cotton production regions in Iran. The cotton yield in this province is higher than the worldʹs mean yielding. Considering that cotton production and cultivation area have been affected by trading and pricing policies in compare with other products by design makers in this area during the recent decades and also because of climate stability of this state on the production of main agricultural products, allocating resource to various crops is very important. Therefore surveying comparative advantage in cotton product has been specified in this area. Therefore, in this study comparative advantage of this product is calculated, by the use of cross section data (2001-2002) and domestic resource cost indicator. The results show that cotton has a high comparative advantage in this area and finally based on these results, some suggestion are recommended.